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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.
Even the only begotten Son and Heir of a King, is called the hope of his house, the only hope of his house, but in regard the Heirs of mortal Kings are mortal, the house is weak, and standeth but upon one foot, when he hath but one mortal Heir: Now its the infinite perfection of God, that he can have but one Son who is infinite, and the same Eternal and Immortal God with the Father, and that he cannot die. So Christ standeth the only hope of the house of Heaven; a King by hope, the King of hope; and all hope of the Captives and Sons of hope; and all the Glory of his Fathers house hangeth upon him. Christ hath all the Heirs upon his shoulder, and Faith investeth the believer to all this power and Glory.1 2. Faith must be so much the more precious, that it layeth hold for its possession on God, and on the Garland, Marrow, (if any comparison here can stand) and Flower of all Gods attributes, the Righteousness of Christ. 2. The Free-grace of God, the most taking, heart-ravishing attribute in God, and most suitable to our sinful condition. 3. The high and deep love of God, and love which dwelleth in, and with, the noble and excellent blood that satisfieth infinite Justice; ⟨p. 319⟩There is no such Glory by any act of obedience tendered to God by Adam in his innocent condition; or by Angels which never sinned. 3. There is as great a necessity of Faith, as of Life;2 for the justified man must live by faith: There's no Grace so Catholic, it being of necessity interwoven in all our actions, as they fall under moral consideration; not only in supernatural actions, but also in all our natural and civil actions, in so far as they must be spiritualized in relation to Gods honour, 1 Cor. 10.31. So as Joshua, Baruch, Sampson, David, did fight Battles, kill men, subdue Kingdoms by Faith, Heb. 11.32, 33. So must the Soldier now fight, by that same Faith, and so are the Saints, to eat, drink, sleep, journey, buy, sell, by Faith: We are not to put on Faith as a Cloak, or an upper Garment when we go to the streets, Fields, or Church, and then lay it aside in the house, at Table, or in bed: yea, the renewed man is not to eat and sleep, because the light of reason and the Law of nature teacheth him so to do, or the convenience of a calling;