A57982:475
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.
111. An humble Faith, such as was in this woman is a great Faith: the more sins that are pardoned, as it inferreth the more love to Christ Luk. 7.47. So the unworthier a soul is in it self to believe pardon in Christ, argueth the greater Faith; it must be a greater Faith, to believe th• pardon of ten thousand talents, then to believ• the forgiveness of five hundred pence: Christ esteemeth it the greatest faith in Israel, tha• ⟨p. 369⟩the Centurion abaseth himself, as one unworthy to come under one roof with him, and that he exalteth Christ in his omnipotency to believe that he can command all diseases, at his nod, Math. 8.8, 9, 10.
111. An humble Faith, such as was in this woman is a great Faith: the more sins that are pardoned, as it inferreth the more love to Christ Luk. 7.47. So the unworthier a soul is in it self to believe pardon in Christ, argueth the greater Faith; it must be a greater Faith, to believe th• pardon of ten thousand talents, then to believ• the forgivenesse of five hundred pence: Christ esteemeth it the greatest faith in Israel, tha• ⟨p. 369⟩the Centurion abaseth himself, as one unworthy to come under one roof with him, and that he exalteth Christ in his omnipotency to believe that he can command all diseases, at his nod, Math. 8.8, 9, 10.
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