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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.
THY Faith] Faith is so Christs, as the fountain and the cause, that it is ours as agents moved and acted by Christ.1 Hence its a foul error to say, that there's no inherent Righteousness in the Saints, and no graces in the souls of believers, but in Christ only: There's water, ⟨p. 385⟩even the spirit poured on the dry ground, Isa. 44.3.2 Gods spirit put within us, Eze. 36.26, 27. The spirit of grace and of supplication poured on the house of David, Zach. 12.10. A well within the saints springing up to life everlasting, 3Joh. 4.14. The Father and the Son, through the operation of Grace, take up house in them, Jo. 14.23. Such a new stock and plant of Heaven set in them, as they have the Anointing dwelling in them, 1 Joh. 2.27. The seed of God abiding in them, 1 Joh. 3.9. Unfeigned faith dwelling in Timothy, 2 Tim. 1.5. Grace in them as fire under ashes, 2 Tim. 1.6. And a new Divine nature, 2 Pet. 1.4. An inward man, 2 Cor. 4.16. Col. 1.27. Christ in you the hope of glory: Nor are the faculties of the soul and the workings thereof, in our conversion destroyed, as some say, as if the Holy Ghost should come in stead of these; for Christ taketh down old work, and maketh a new building for himself, but the stones are ours, the soul remaining in its powers and operations, the understanding and will remain, but opened,