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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
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Use 2. Some are discouraged, they can neither fight for Christ, nor do any thing to promote this Cause, as wanting strength of body, and means: Nay, but if thou canst pray thou dost set the whole wheels of Omnipotency on work, for the building of the Lords house, in which regard the Prayer of a sick and poor man ⟨p. 311⟩shall do more in War for the Cause of God, then twenty thousand men: It was not Ahasuerus, nor the grace that Esther found in the eyes of the King, that saved the whole Church of the Jews from destruction, but the Prayers of Esther and her maids. Its true, an Angel brought Peter out of Prison, Act. 12. But what stirred that wheel in Heaven, vers. 5. Here's the Cause, Prayer was made without ceasing to God for Peter by the Church: Quod est causa causae est etiam causa causati: Prayer, Prayer can put a reeling and tottering on King and Court, Pope, Prelate, and Babylon; we are to pray the King of the bottomless pit, the man of sin, the graven Images of Apostate Rome out of the world: Prayer can yoke all the swords in Europe against the Whore: every one who hath the Spirit of Adoption, though poor and rejected of men, by prayer have powerful influence on all the Nations of the earth, on all Europe, on the ends of the earth, on the hearts of the Jews, on Turks and Indians: Prayer can reach as far as Omnipotency, accompanied by the wise decree of our Lord: And the poorest Girl or Maid that can pray, doth lend a strong lift to heighten the footstool of Christs Royal Throne; children and poor Maids by Prayer, may put the Crown on Christs head, and hold up his Throne, and may store and increase heaven by praying, Thy Kingdom come, and enlarge Hell, and fill the pits with the dead bodies ⟨p. 312⟩of Christs enemies, and may by prayer bind Kings in Fetters, chain up and confine Devils, subdue Kingdoms.
Vse 2. Some are discouraged, they can neither fight for Christ, nor do any thing to promote this Cause, as wanting strength of body, and means: Nay, but if thou canst pray thou dost set the whole wheels of Omnipotency on work, for the building of the Lords house, in which regard the Prayer of a sick and poor man ⟨p. 311⟩