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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.
13. That is a great Faith, that is not broken with a Temptation. But 1. taketh strength from a Temptation; as some run more swiftly after a fall, that they may recompense their loss of time; and that is great Faith that argueth from a Temptation, as this woman doth. 2. That is Jobs great Faith, chap. 2.3. That he still holdeth fast his integrity: the word [Greek or Hebrew] Hazak, is to hold with strength and power, He keepeth fast and with violence his innocency: and Faith maketh him stronger then he was; the word is used, Psal. 147.13, For making stronger the Bars of Ports. And its Jobs praise, chap. 1.22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with folly. 3. Its a strong faith in this Woman, that, in a manner, Conquers Omnipotency by believing; yea, Satan, Winds, Fire from Heaven, Wife, Sabeans, yea, apprehended wrath cannot prevail with Job, to subdue his Faith; in all he standeth by this, Job 15.13▪ Though the Lord should slay me, Isle trust in him; Its great Faith to be at holding and drawing with God; and yet believe and pray, Hos 12.3. Gen. 32.26. And not let the Lord alone, nor give him any rest, Isa. 62.6, 7. till he answer ⟨p. 357⟩as suppose thy prayers were never heard, and the Acts of believing were but Darts thrown at Heaven and the Throne without any effect; yet because Prayer and believing are acts of honouring God, though they never benefit thee; it argueth strong grace, and so great Faith, that it can be said, there be ten years, twenty years of reiterated Acts of Faith, and prayers of such a man lying up before the Throne, yea, in Christ the high Priests bosom; Let God make of my faith what he will, yet am I to believe: continued believing is Christs due, though it should never be to me gain of comfort or success: that is a weak man who is thrown down on his back with a blast of wind, or made to stagger with the cast of a straw, or a feather: The temporary faith is in this seen to be soft, that its broken with persecution; When the sun riseth anon, [Greek or Hebrew]