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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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Now a word of a strong and great Faith, and withal of a weak and fainting Faith. 1For the most I go not from the Text, to find out the ingredients of a great Faith. 1. A strong, praying, and a crying a Faith, is a great Faith. So must Christs Faith have been, who prayed with strong cries and tears: Strong Faith maketh sore sides, in praying as this woman prayed with good will; there's an efficacious desire to be rid of a sinful temptation, as Paul prayed thrice to be freed of the prick in the flesh. Their Faith is weak, who dare not pray against some Idol sins: Or, 2. If they pray, its but gently, with a wish, not to be heard.
NOw a word of a strong and great Faith, and withall of a weak and fainting Faith. 1For the most I go not from the Text, to find out the ingredients of a great Faith. 1. A strong, praying, and a crying a Faith, is a great Faith. So must Christs Faith have been, who prayed with strong cries and tears: Strong Faith maketh sore sides, in praying as this woman prayed with good will; there's an efficacious desire to be rid of a sinfull temptation, as Paul prayed thrice to be freed of the prick in the flesh. Their Faith is weak, who dare not pray against some Idoll sins: Or, 2. If they pray, its but gently, with a wish, not to be heard.
- 1A great Faith. Ingredients of a strong Faith. 1. Strong Praying.
2. The woman's crying, her instant pleading in Faith, yea 1. Above the Disciples care for her;1 yea, above Christs seeming glowmes, who denied her to be his, who reproached her as a dog, argueth great grace, great humility with strong adherence, and so great faith.