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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.
Christ acknowledgeth here: That Instancy of praying in Faith, will overcome God, and Satan and all the saddest Temptations that can befall the Child of God. Hence observe what acts of efficacious power instant and earnest prayer putteth forth upon God, and how the clay-creature doth work upon, and prevail with the great Potter and former of all things.
Christ acknowledgeth here: That Instancy of praying in Faith, will overcome God, and Satan and all the saddest Temptations that can befall the Childe of God. Hence observe what acts of efficacious power instant and earnest praier putteth forth upon God, and how the clay-creature doth work upon, and prevail with the great Potter and former of all things.
1. Prayer is a Messenger and a swift and §1winged post dispatched up to Court, Psal. 5.3. David sent away this post early in the morning, with morning wings: My voice shalt thou hear in the morning: The post is himself, for the word is, [Greek or Hebrew] I will address my person as in battle array, Job 33.5. Set thy self in order before me, (and) stand up, saith Elihu to Job. Or, I will address my words, Job 32.14. Now he hath not directed his words against me: the Seventy render it [Greek or Hebrew], and David sent himself to Heaven, not only as a post, but (as the word [Greek or Hebrew] A•sappeh soundeth) I will look up, or, espy, as one that keepeth watch and ward, waiting for an answer from God, as the word is, Habak 2.1. and Psal. 18.6. In my distress I called upon the Lord,— and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
1. Prayer is a Messenger and a swift and