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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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5. Faith under fainting and great straits can §5so improve the promise as to put an holy and modest challenge upon God, so Psal. 119.49. afflicted David saith, Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope, and the Church, Jer. 14.21. Do not abhor us for thy names sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy Covenant with us; and the Lord commandeth that this challenge be put on him, Isa. 43.26. Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; then he giveth faith leave to plead on the contrary with God; natural spirits faint, and cannot so far own the promise, as to plead with God by their right and just claim to the promise: Now the fourth point concerning faith, is what grounds and Warrants the sinner hath to believe.
5. Faith under fainting and great straits can §5so improve the promise as to put an holy and modest challenge upon God, so Psal. 119.49. afflicted David saith, Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope, and the Church, Ier. 14.21. Do not abhor us for thy names sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy Covenant with us; and the Lord commandeth that this challenge be put on him, Isa. 43.26. Put me in remembrance, let us plead together; then he giveth faith leave to plead on the contrary with God; naturall spirits faint, and cannot so far own the promise, as to plead with God by their right and just claime to the promise: Now the fourth point concerning faith, is what grounds and Warrants the sinner hath to believe.