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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.
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, Ezech. 16.6.8. When we were the lost world, Joh. 3.16. ungodly, Rom. 5.6. Enemies, ver. 10. He quickened us, called us, when dead in sins, Eph. 2.1. Without works, 2 Tim. 1.9. The bill of Grace is Christs welcome and pay nothing.
1. Propos. Gods free and unhired love is the cause of our Redemption, Vocation,1 Sanctification, and eternall salvation; he loved us in our blood, and while we were polluted in our blood, Ezech. 16.6.8. When we were the lost world,