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The trial & triumph of faithThe tryal & triumph of faith
The trial & triumph of faith: or, An exposition of the history of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan Delivered in sermons; in which are opened, the victory of faith; the condition of those that are tempted; the excellency of Jesus Christ and free-grace; and some special grounds and principles of libertinism and antinomian errors, discovered by Samuel Rutherfurd, professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews. Published by authority.The tryal & triumph of faith: or, An exposition of the history of Christs dispossessing of the daughter of the woman of Canaan Delivered in sermons; in which are opened, the victory of faith; the condition of those that are tempted; the excellency of Jesus Christ and free-grace; and some speciall grounds and principles of libertinisme and antinomian errors, discovered by Samuel Rutherfurd, professor of divinity in the University of St. Andrews. Published by authority.
London: printed by John Field, 1652
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SERM. XXIV. A stock of Grace is within the Saints, our Grace is not all, and wholly in Christ, though it be all from Christ, p. 385. The powers of the soul remain whole in conversion, ibid. The stock of grace is to be warily kept, p. 386 Four things are to be done, to keep the stock without a craze, p. 387. The tenderness of Christs heart, and strength of love toward sinners, p. 389. Christ strong in moral acts, and strongly moderate in natural acts: the contrary is in natural men, ibid. Christs motion of tender mercy as it were natural p. 392. How mercy worketh eternally, and secretly, and under ground, even under a bloody dispensation, p. 393. Judgement on the two Kingdoms except they repent, p. 394. A rough dispensation consistent with tenderness of love in our Lord, p. 395. Free love goeth before our Redemption, p. 397. Christ loveth the persons of the elect, but hateth their sins, p. 398. A twofold love of God, one of good will to the person, another of complacency to his own image in the person, ibid. No new love in Go•, p. 399. Objections of Mr. Den the Antinomian an•were•, p. 400. What it is to be under the Law, p. 402. ⟨image 16⟩How God loveth us before time, and how he now loveth u• in time, p. 405, By Faith and conversion our state is truly changed before God, p. 407. To be justified by Faith, is not barely to come to the knowledge that we are justified before we believe, p. 410. Justification not Eternal, p. 411: Faith is not only given for our joy and consolation; but also for our justification, both in our own soul & before God, 415 There's no warrant in Scripture for two reconciliations; one of mans reconciliation to God; and another of Gods reconciliation to man, p. 419. Christs merits, no cause, but an effect of Gods eternal love, ibid. What reconciliation is, ibid. Joy without all sorrow for sin, no fruit of the Kingdom of God, p. 420 The seeing of God,