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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.
5. It acteth so upon God, that it putteth the Crown upon Christs head, and hightneth the footstool of his throne; so much doth that Prayer (Thy Kingdom come) hold forth, and that last prayer of the Church, Rev. 22. which ⟨p. 307⟩the Spirit & the Bride uttereth; Even so come Lord Jesus, is a hastening of that glorious Marriage day, when the Bride, the Lambs wife, shall be married on Jesus Christ & a ripening of the glory of God, & of Christ the King and head Mystical of his body the Church. The Glory of infinite Justice, and saving Grace in the Redemption of men, is like a fair Rose, but enclosed within its green leaves in this life: But when Christ shall appear, this Rose shall be opened and cast out in breadth, its fair and beautiful leaves to be seen and smelled openly by men and Angels. In very deed, this prayer (Even so, come Lord Jesus) is summons for the last Judgment, for the full manifestation of the highest glory of Christ in the final & consummate illustration of Free-grace, and mercy in the complete Redemption of all the Prisoners of hope, only for the Declaration of the supreme Judges Glory, who shall then do execution on Satan, his Angels, Antichrist, and all slaves of hell; so that though prayer made not the world; yet it may unmake it, and set up a new Heaven and a new earth.
5. It acteth so upon God, that it putteth the Crown upon Christs head, and hightneth the footstool of his throne; so much doth that Prayer (Thy Kingdom come) hold forth, and that last prayer of the Church, Rev. 22. which ⟨p. 307⟩the Spirit & the Bride uttereth; Even so come Lord Jesus, is a hastning of that glorious Mariage day, when the Bride, the Lambs wife, shall be married on Jesus Christ & a ripening of the glory of God, & of Christ the King and head Mystical of his body the Church. The Glory of infinite Justice, and saving Grace in the Redemption of men, is like a fair Rose, but inclosed within its green leaves in this life: But when Christ shall appear, this Rose shall be opened and cast out in bredth, its fair and beautifull leaves to be seen and smelled openly by men and Angels. In very deed, this prayer (Even so, come Lord Jesus) is summons for the last Judgment, for the full manifestation of the highest glory of Christ in the finall & consummate illustration of Free-grace, and mercy in the compleat Redemption of all the Prisoners of hope, onely for the Declaration of the supream Judges Glory, who shall then do execution on Satan, his Angels, Antichrist, and all slaves of hell; so that though prayer made not the world; yet it may unmake it, and set up a new Heaven and a new earth.