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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.
6. Prayer is a binding of God, that he cannot depart, and layeth chains on his hands, and buildeth §6a wall or an hedge of thorns in his way that he cannot destroy his people, Isa. 64.7. And there is none that calleth upon thy Name, and stirreth up himself to take hold of thee. [Greek or Hebrew] There is none to lay hands on thee, Ezec. 22.30. And I sought for a man amongst ⟨p. 308⟩them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap (or in the rupture made by war) before me for the Land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. If a Moses or a Samuel should intercede by prayer that the Lord would spare the Land, his prayer should be an hedge or a wall to stand in the way of Justice, to hinder the Lord to destroy his people.
6. Prayer is a binding of God, that he cannot depart, and layeth chains on his hands, and buildeth §6a wall or an hedge of thornes in his way that he cannot destroy his people, Isa. 64.7. And there is none that calleth upon thy Name, and stirreth up himself to take hold of thee. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 There is none to lay hands on thee, Ezec. 22.30. And I sought for a man amongst ⟨p. 308⟩them that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap (or in the rupture made by war) before me for the Land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. If a Moses or a Samuel should intercede by prayer that the Lord would spare the Land, his prayer should be an hedge or a wall to stand in the way of Justice, to hinder the Lord to destroy his people.