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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.
4. Grace in a sincere Professor, and CHRIST cannot be hid,1 there came a good fair breath with a blast of a sweet west-wind of Heaven on Joseph of Arimathea, the time was ill, Christ ⟨p. 17⟩was dead; and he can dissemble no longer, Mar. 15.43. [Greek or Hebrew], with much daring and boldness he went into Pilate with a Petition: I beseech you my Lord Governor, let me but have this Jesus his dead body: There was some fire of Heaven in this bold profession; What would this be thought of, to see a Noble and Honourable Lord-Judge with a dead and Crucified mans Body in his arms? But Faith knoweth no blushing: Grace cannot be ashamed: there was a straight charge laid on the Apostles, Preach no more in the name of Jesus, Act. 4.13. Peter and John, with a [Greek or Hebrew], boldly say, vers. 20. We cannot but speak the things we have heard and seen: Lay as heavy weights as death, burning quick, sawing asunder, on the sincerity of Faith in the Martyrs, it must up the Mountain. Davids Grace, Psal. 39.1. was kept in as with a Mussel put upon the mouths of Beasts:2 it was as coals of fire in his heart, and he behoved to speak even before the wicked; I believed, therefore I spake, Psal. 116.10.
4. Grace in a sincere Professor, and CHRIST cannot be hid,1 there came a good fair breath with a blast of a sweet west-wind of Heaven on Joseph of Arimathea, the time was ill, Christ ⟨p. 17⟩was dead; and he can dissemble no longer, Mar. 15.43. , with much daring and boldnesse he went into Pilat with a Petition: I beseech you my Lord Governour, let me but have this Jesus his dead body: There was some fire of Heaven in this bold profession; What would this be thought of, to see a Noble and Honourable Lord-Judge with a dead and Crucified mans Body in his armes? But Faith knoweth no blushing: Grace cannot be ashamed: there was a straight charge laid on the Apostles, Preach no more in the name of Jesus,