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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.
SERMON XXVI.
BE it unto thee as thou wilt] We see what power Christ hath over the devils:1 Christ sent him invisible summons, Let Satan be gone, and he must be gone. It is a proper work of Christ to oppose Satan, Heb. 2.14, He took part of flesh and blood, [Greek or Hebrew], that he might make Satan unprofitable and idle, and fruitless, as the word is used, Luke 13.7. Why doth this fruitless tree keep the ground sapless and barren? So is the word taken, to make a thing of no effect, Romans 3.3. ⟨p. 445⟩Things that make sport to children, as nuts, feathers, toys, are called, things of infants to be put away, 1 Cor. 13.11. So hath Christ taken bones, and sap, and strength from the devil, and made him as fruitless, as the feathers that serveth to sport children, 1 Joh. 3.8. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, [Greek or Hebrew] that he might dissolve the works of the Devil: The word in Scripture, is ascribed to the casting down of a house, Joh. 2.19. To the breaking of a ship, Act. 27.41. To the loosing any out of chains,