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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.
Faith is seated most firmly on a word of him, who is able to perform what he hath said▪ Wicked men are seeking good in bloods, in wars, in the destruction of the Church, of the Reformation and Covenant of God; yet their actions are not seated on a word of promise; but on a threatening that destruction shall come on them as a whirl-wind, therefore is not the wicked mans bread sure, when the child of God hath bread, sleep, peace, immunity from the sword (in so far as the sword is a curse) and that by the Covenant of promise. This woman had one Gospel-word, mercy from the Messiah, Davids son.
Faith is seated most firmly on a word of him, who is able to perform what he hath said▪ Wicked men are seeking good in bloods, in wars, in the destruction of the Church, of the Reformation and Covenant of God; yet their actions are not seated on a word of promise; but on a threatning that destruction shall come on them as a whirle-wind, therefore is not the wicked mans bread sure, when the child of God hath bread, sleep, peace, immunity from the sword (in so far as the sword is a curse) and that by the Covenant of promise. This woman had one Gospel-word, mercy from the Messiah, Davids son.
6. That is a strong Faith which can forgo much for Christ, and the hope of Heaven.1 Moses was strong in the Faith in this, who refused the Treasures of Egypt, the Honour of a Princedom, and to be called, The son of Pharaohs Daughter, Heb. 11.26. For he had an eye [Greek or Hebrew] ⟨p. 364⟩an Eagles look, and eye to heaven, to the recompense of reward. Abraham forgoeth country and inheritances for God, Heb. 11.9. By Faith he Sojourned in the Land of Promise, as in a strange Country, dwelling in Tabernacles. 1. He sojourned: 2. He played the Pilgrim: 3. He dwelt not in Castles and Cities, though the land was his by promise, and his grand son Jacob disposed of it in his Testament,