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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.
For grounds of Faith to lead us on to believing:1 Consider, 1. two words, Col. 1.27. spoken of the object of Faith. 1. Its named, The riches of the glory of this mystery amongst the Gentiles. 2. Which is (saith Paul) Christ in you the hope of glory. Now Faith leadeth us to a Mystery that none knoweth, but such as are the intimate friends of Christ, and are put upon all Christs secret Cabinet-Counsels. 2. Glory is so taking a lover, that it will deprive a natural man of his sleep; but the Glory of a Kingdom revealed in the Gospel, is the flower, marrow and spirits of all glory imaginable. 3. What is riches of glory?2 Eph. 3.8. That I should preach, [Greek or Hebrew], the gold mine of the riches of the glory of Christ, so deep that none can find them out, and so ⟨p. 317⟩large, that when they are found out, Men and Angels shall not find their bottom. O what foldings and turnings, and inextricable windings or glory are lapped up in Christ? Yea. Treasures, all Treasures, are in him, Col. 2.3. So it is called, 2 Cor. 4.17. [Greek or Hebrew], a weight of glory. But 2. a weight Eternal, a weight aged, and full of ages of glory. 3. An exceeding great weight, and not that only. But 4. a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, no Orator in the Greek Tongue, hath any so superlative expression, [Greek or Hebrew]. Do but weigh how weighty precious Jesus Christ is, how heavy & how massive and ponderous the Crown is, and what millions of Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires, and precious Stones do shine, and cast out rays and beams of pure and unmixed Glory out of his Crown? What smiles and kisses breathing out Glory, on thy now sinful face, shall come out of Christ. Now the light of Faith even as a lantern or a day-star, in a cloudy dawning, leadeth thee up to this. 2. Christ in you the hope of glory. How in them? By Faith,