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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.
2. Prayer putteth a challenge upon God, for §2his Covenants sake and his Promise; that is, greater boldness then to speak to God and ⟨p. 345⟩wait on, Isa. 63.18. Our Adversaries have trodden down thy Sanctuary, 19. We are thine, thou never barest rule over them, they were not called by thy Name, Lam. 2.20. Behold, O Lord, and consider, to whom thou hast done this, Isa. 63.17. O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways? And hardened out heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants sake, the Tribes of thine inheritance. Hence is there an holy chiding with God, Psal. 22.2. O my God, I •ry in the day time, and thou hearest not, and in the night season, and am not silent: Psal. 13.1. How long wilt thou forget me, (O Lord) for ever? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
2. Prayer putteth a challenge upon God, for §2his Covenants sake and his Promise; that is, greater boldnesse then to speak to God and ⟨p. 345⟩wait on, Isa. 63.18. Our Adversaries have troden down thy Sanctuary, 19. We are thine, thou never barest rule over them, they were not called by thy Name, Lam. 2.20. Behold, O Lord, and consider, to whom thou hast done this, Isa. 63.17. O Lord, why hast thou made us to erre from thy wayes? And hardened out heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants sake, the Tribes of thine inheritance. Hence is there an holy chiding with God,