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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
Sermon 2: And he went into a house, and would that no man should know it.
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.
The will of Angels and of sinless Adam, is not essentially good, for then Angels could never have turned Devils; therefore the constitution of the will needeth supervenient goodness and confirming grace, even when will is at its best. Grace, Grace now is the only oil to our Wheels. Christ hath taken the Castle, both in-works, and out-works, when he hath taken the will, the proudest enemy that Christ hath out of Hell: When Saul renders his will, he renders his weapon; this is mortification. When Christ runneth away with your will; as Christ was like a man that had not a mans will; so Saul, Act. 9.6. Trembling and astonished, said, Lord what wilt thou have me to do? Its good when the Lord trampleth upon Ephraims fair neck, Hos. 10.11. There is no goodness in our will now, but what it hath from Grace, and to turn the will from ill to good, is no more natures work, then we can turn the wind from the East,1 to the West: when the wheels of the clock are broken and rusted, it cannot go: When the birds wing is broken it cannot fly: When there is a stone in the sprent, and in-work of the lock, the key cannot open the door. Christ must oil the wheels of misordered will, and heal them, and remove the stone, and infuse Grace (which is wings to the bird) if not, the motions of will are all hell-ward.
The will of Angells and of sinlesse Adam, is not essentially good, for then Angells could never have turned Devils; therefore the constitution of the will needeth supervenient goodnesse and confirming grace, even when will is at its best. Grace, Grace now is the only oyl to our Wheeles. Christ hath taken the Castle, both in-works, and out-works, when he hath taken the will, the proudest enemie that Christ hath out of Hell: When Saul renders his will, he renders his weapon; this is mortification. When Christ runneth away with your will; as Christ was like a man that had not a mans will; so Saul, Act. 9.6. Trembling and astonished, said, Lord what wilt thou have me to doe? Its good when the Lord trampleth upon Ephraims fair neck, Hos. 10.11. There is no goodnesse in our will now, but what it hath from Grace, and to turn the will from ill to good, is no more natures work, then we can turn the wind from the East,