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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.
2. 1 Cor. 11. Those who are not to perish with the world are for this cause (because they eat and drink unworthily) sick and punished with death, v. 30, 32, 33. It is clear against the Text, that Mr. Town saith, That a justified person having the least measure of Faith, cannot eat & drink unworthily, the smallest Faith maketh ⟨p. 34⟩§2them worthy, and so those who in that Text did eat unworthily, did but dally with the Gospel, and never actually put on Christ. But Faith doth no more hinder a justified person to receive the Lords Supper unworthily, then it doth hinder him to commit adultery, or incest, or to kill; and whosoever should come to the Lords Table, under these sins, without repenting, should Eat and Drink unworthily, and such a sin may a believer according to Gods heart (as David was) commit; and there is great odds between being unworthy, and eating unworthily, all believers of themselves are unworthy of Christ and Salvation, but being in Christ by Faith, they are counted worthy, and yet they may Eat and Drink unworthily; but Mr. Townes sense seemeth to carry, That a justified person cannot sin, nor Eat and Drink unworthily, because Faith maketh him worthy; and if so, the way of Grace is a wanton merry way; the justified are freed from the Law, and from any danger of sinning.
2. 1 Cor. 11. Those who are not to perish with the world are for this cause (because they eat and drink unworthily) sick and punished with death, v. 30, 32, 33. It is clear against the Text, that Mr. Towne saith, That a justified person having the least measure of Faith, cannot eat & drink unworthily, the smallest Faith maketh ⟨p. 34⟩§2them worthy, and so those who in that Text did eat unworthily, did but dally with the Gospel, and never actually put on Christ. But Faith doth no more hinder a justified person to receive the Lords Supper unworthily, then it doth hinder him to commit adultery, or incest, or to kill; and whosoever should come to the Lords Table, under these sins, without repenting, should Eat and Drink unworthily, and such a sin may a believer according to Gods heart (as David was) commit; and there is great oddes between being unworthy, and eating unworthily, all believers of themselves are unworthy of Christ and Salvation, but being in Christ by Faith, they are counted worthy, and yet they may Eat and Drink unworthily; but Mr. Townes sense seemeth to carry, That a justified person cannot sin, nor Eat and Drink unworthily, because Faith maketh him worthy; and if so, the way of Grace is a wanton merry way; the justified are freed from the Law, and from any danger of sinning.