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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.
Posit. 9. The believer saith, if the creature will go along with me to my Fathers house, welcome: if not, What then? There I must lodge, though Gold refuse to go with me.
See how God in a manner resigneth his own freedom in giving,1 and transferreth this honour on the woman's desire: God keeps pace with a sanctified will in satisfying; when the will keeps pace with God in acting, longing and desiring. 1. He putteth Heaven upon the choice of a sanctified heart, Deu. 30.19. Choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live, Rev. 22.17. Whosoever will, let him take of the waters of life freely, Isa. 55.1. Ho, every one that thirsteth come ye §1to the waters. 2. Heaven is put upon the quality of the will, and what it desires, Joh. 4.10. If §2thou knewest that gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, give me drink, thou wouldst have ⟨p. 456⟩asked of him, and he should have given thee water of Life, Rev. 21.6. I will give unto him that thirsteth, of the Fountain of the water of life freely. There's an edge upon the word Fountain, for the Fountain and first spring of the water of life is above the streams; & this is promised to him that hath a heavenly and spiritual thirst for Christ. 3. God putteth himself and the §3