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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
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but we are loved of Christ, and pitied, and we know no such thing: All Christs answers and words to this woman till now, were but interpretations and Proclamations of wrath, and rejecting of her, as not one of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, a Dog under the Table, not a child of the house; love came never above ground till now; yet did Christs affection and love yearn upon her all the time.
but we are loved of Christ, and pittied, and we know no such thing: All Christs answers and words to this woman till now, were but interpretations and Proclamations of wrath, and rejecting of her, as not one of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, a Dog under the Table, not a child of the house; love came never above ground till now; yet did Christs affection and love yern upon her all the time.
Out of all this we collect: Christ may love persons, & yet his dispensation may be so rough, as that to their sense there is no ground of being assured that Christ loveth them, till he shall be pleased to manifest it: Hence we may gather these Propositions considerable for the Times.
Out of all this we collect: Christ may love persons, & yet his dispensation may be so rough, as that to their sense there is no ground of being assured that Christ loveth them, til he shall be pleased to manifest it: Hence we may gather these Propositions considerable for the Times.
1. Propos. Gods free and unhired love is the cause of our Redemption, Vocation,1 Sanctification, and eternal salvation; he loved us in our blood, and while we were polluted in our blood,