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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.
So is sin the field out of which springeth the Rose, the flower of free and unhired Grace: sin must go with us, as near to heaven as to the threshold of the gates, that the sinner may halt and crook▪ when he moveth his foot on the threshold stone of Glory; that so pardoning Grace may enter the new City with us. 4. The Lord will have us take to heaven with us, a Book of the Psalms and Praises of Grace, that in that land we may extol and advance Free-grace, and may hold the Book in our hand all the way, and sigh and weep, and sing, and adore the Saviour of Free-grace, and may take Graces bill in our hand into Heaven with us: O how sweet to be Graces drowned and over burdened Debtor? Its good here to borrow much, and profess inability for Eternity, to pay, that heaven may be a house full of broken men, who have borrowed Millions from Christ, but can never repay more, then to read and sing the praises of Graces free. ⟨p. 355⟩bill; and say, Glory, Glory to the Lamb, 1that sitteth on the Throne for evermore: praising for ever in heaven, must be in lieu of paying debt. 1. God is not behind nor wanting to the gracious soul, for there's a promise of Grace here. 2. There is an intercession at hand, and that more mighty now then at Christs first ascension, and shall be more mighty when all Israel shall be converted. There is a stirring required in a gracious spirit, but with sense of natures weakness, so as he is to arise, and be doing, and the Lord shall be with him, and he is so to blow upon the coals, as if he could do his alone, though not without the Faith of Dependence upon an immediate acting from Heaven.
So is sin the field out of which springeth the Rose, the flower of free and unhired Grace: sin must go with us, as near to heaven as to the threshold of the gates, that the sinner may halt and crook▪ when he moveth his foot on the threshold stone of Glory; that so pardoning Grace may enter the new City with us. 4. The Lord will have us take to heaven with us, a Book of the Psalmes and Praises of Grace, that in that land we may extol and advance Free-grace, and may hold the Book in our hand all the way, and sigh and weep, and sing, and adore the Saviour of Free-grace, and may take Graces bill in our hand into Heaven with us: O how sweet to be Graces drowned and over burdened Debtor? Its good here to borrow much, and professe inability for Eternity, to pay, that heaven may be a house full of broken men, who have borrowed Millions from Christ, but can never repay more, then to read and sing the praises of Graces free.