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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.
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 §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, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 I will addresse my person as in battle array, Iob 33.5. Set thy self in order before me, (and) stand up, saith Elihu to Iob. Or, I will addresse my words, Iob 32.14. Now he hath not directed his words against me: the Seventy render it 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, and David sent himself to Heaven, not only as a post, but (as the word 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Asappeh soundeth) I will look up, or, espie, as one that keepeth watch and ward, waiting for an answer from God, as the word is, Habbak 2.1. and