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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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4. There's a denial of the creature, and a bill of defiance sent to all the lovers of the world, ⟨p. 329⟩when Ephraim is brought to this act of believing, Hos. 14.3. For in thee the Fatherless findeth mercy. Then its said, Ashur shall not save us: We will not ride upon horses. That creature that we trust on, we ride upon it, as Israel did upon the horses of Assyria and Egypt. But in this regard, Faith dismounteth the believer, and abaseth him to walk on foot. All the creatures are ships to the believer without a bottom: They are empty and weak: David forbiddeth us to ride on a Prince, Psal. 146.3, 4. For that horse shall faint, and fall to clay. God alloweth Scotland to help England, but will not have the souls of his children in England to ride upon an Army of another Nation, and to trust in them for salvation. To make fire, is not so proper to fire, To give light, not so kindly to the Sun, as salvation is Gods only due, and therefore let England in this walk on foot, and trust in the Lord.
4. There's a deniall of the creature, and a bill of defiance sent to all the lovers of the world, ⟨p. 329⟩when Ephraim is brought to this act of believing, Hos. 14.3. For in thee the Fatherlesse findeth mercy. Then its said, Ashur shall not save us: We will not ride upon horses. That creature that we trust on, we ride upon it, as Israel did upon the horses of Assyria and Aegypt. But in this regard, Faith dismounteth the believer, and abaseth him to walk on foot. All the creatures are ships to the believer without a bottome: They are empty and weak: David forbiddeth us to ride on a Prince, Psal. 146.3, 4. For that horse shall faint, and fall to clay. God alloweth Scotland to help England, but will not have the souls of his children in England to ride upon an Army of another Nation, and to trust in them for salvation. To make fire, is not so proper to fire, To give light, not so kindly to the Sun, as salvation is Gods only due, and therefore let England in this walk on foot, and trust in the Lord.