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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.
Now the Mast is hurt, then somewhat wanting in the Deck, now the Helm is faulty, then the Cords are to be repaired, or the Anchor is broken, or she taketh in under-water, or the Sail is torn, or the motion slow: There's charges to the owner, and much work to all hands, and how many things are required to a huge body of an Army? So many thousand men must be liable to so many thousand wants: Some are sick, some wounded, some a dying, some hungry, some naked, some fall off the Army, and are catched by the enemy, some be faint, some too bold, and precipitate, yea, Armour, Houses, Bread, Drink Fire, Tents, Physicians Workmen, Mattocks Spades, Bridges, Lathers, Horses, Engines of War, Art and Skill▪ Medicine, Counsel▪ Courage, Intelligence, and a thousand things of this kind are requisite; And seldom is an Army, but there be some one inconvenient or other in this needy and cumbersome huge body. And when is the business of Salvation not at a stand, one way or other? Is there not either on piece or other, the ⟨p. 322⟩shield of Faith, or the Anchor of Hope, or the Breastplate of righteousness, or some the like, broken or faulty? Is not our guide, who hath seven eyes, ten times a day cumbered with us? Must not Christ solder our broken Weapons? Sow our torn sails? Repair one breach or other in us? In a thousand the like, Faith is to improve the Free-grace, the omnipotence, the unchangeable love of Christ, to promove his own work, and to work in us to will, and to do, according to his good pleasure, Phil. 2.13.
Now the Mast is hurt, then somewhat wanting in the Deck, now the Helm is faulty, then the Cords are to be repaired, or the Anchor is broken, or she taketh in under-water, or the Sail is torn, or the motion slow: There's charges to the owner, and much work to all hands, and how many things are required to a huge body of an Army? So many thousand men must be lyable to so many thousand wants: Some are sick, some wounded, some a dying, some hungry, some naked, some fall off the Army, and are catched by the enemy, some be faint, some too bold, and precipitate, yea, Armour, Houses, Bread, Drink Fire, Tents, Physitions Workmen, Mattocks Spades, Bridges, Lathers, Horses, Engines of War, Art and Skill▪ Medicine, Councell Courage, Intelligence, and a thousand things of this kinde are requisite; And seldome is an Army, but there be some one inconvenient or other in this needy and cumbersome huge body. And when is the businesse of Salvation not at a stand, one way or other? Is there not either on piece or other, the