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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25829	A tryall of faith, or, The woman of Canaan on Math. 15, 21, 22, 23, 24 : together with the souls sure anchor-hold, on Heb. 6, 19 : with the wisdome of timely remembring our creator, on Eccles. 12, 1 : in severall sermons / by Timothy Armitage.	Armitage, Timothy, d. 1655.	1661 (1661)	Wing A3704; ESTC R26657	267,236	470

do greatly provoke the Lord Christ and loose all they do though men could walk as exactly as the very Angels yet if that exactness should draw them to place any trust any confidence in their observations and humility they loose all their labour for Christ tells his Disciples in Matth. 5. 20. That except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees you shall in no wise enter into the kingdome of heaven Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees they went a great way in self righteousness they walked very strictly and very precisely ah but you must have another kind of righteousness a righteousness that must be beyond theirs they placed their righteousness in their doings in their observations and inventions but except your righteousness exceed theirs you shall in no wise enter into the Kingdome of Heaven The Devil he will allow men to go a great way in such paths of self-self-righteousness to do a great deal to suffer a great deal to carry it very humbly and very strictly and seem to be the most mortified men living if the Devil can but draw them off from Christs righteousness thereby and place their righteousness in this he care not how far they go for the Devil knows that this will never mortifie the deeds of the flesh whatsoever is of mans setting up will never mortifie the deeds of the flesh but as I said before men may live very strictly fast and pray and yet be far from mortifying the deeds of the flesh it may be so far from mortifying the deeds of the flesh that it may strengthen the flesh and corruption get strength while men seem to walk in such a way of seeming mortification yea the strength of the body may be spent in seeming mortification and the corruption unmortified But to reflect a little by way of Application Oh that this might be a warning piece to us to take heed that we do not exalt any thing of man in the room of Christ take heed we do not exalt our rule above Christs Rule that we do not form rules to our selves to walk by and to worship by and decline the Rule and Institutions and Ordinances of Christ There are two sorts of people that are and will be found guilty of this who shall not injoy the presence of the Lord for Christ will depart from such a people First Such as set up outward formes of their own in opposition to Christs Form there have been such a generation of men in this Land and still there are who hath such Idols in their hearts who set up their form above Christs Form Christ hath left a Rule and Christ hath given his Form and his Institutions which must be observed till his coming but now when men shall bring in their own inventions and traditions their own superstitious ceremonies into the worship of Christ which Christ hath not commanded this is a great provocation to the Lord and such a people cannot injoy the spiritual presence of Christ for ●ait● Christ Go teach and observe what I have commanded you and loe I am with you to the end of the world So long as a people cleave to Christs Institutions so long they are under the Promise of Christ but they that shall go from this are not under the Promise of Christ 2. And then again there are those that will be found setting up something of their own in the stead of Christs Rule while they pretend that they have another rule then the Word to walk by the other is more gross and carnal but this more spiritually wicked I say when men shall pretend to have another rule to walk by that they have the Spirit of the Lord to be their rule to teach them and they shall not look to the rule of the Scripture not look to any rule without them truly both these sorts of men will be found to set up their own rule above Christs Rule And oh how dangerous is it and as I said before so again and oh that it might be remembred It is a pulling Christ out of his Throne for men to decline his Rule the rule of his Word which he hath given them to walk by and decline his Ordinances and pretend to walk by a rule that is within them truly they exalt something of their own above Christ and let it be remembred what the Lord threatens to such as will not hear the great Prophet Deut. 18. 15. and 19. The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him ye shall hearken V. 19. And it shall come to passe that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name I will require it of him He that will not take the rule from Christs mouth he that will not walk by that rule that Christ hath left in his Word to walk by but shall take another rule though the pretence be never so high and spiritual the Lord hath said that such a soul shall be cu● off the Lord will not afford his presence Christ will not continue his presence with such a people as shall exalt any invention above Christs Rule the rule of the Word But it may be that they will say They do not exalt any thing of their own we are mistaken of that no it i● only the Spirit of Christ that they exalt it is the Spirit of Christ that is their rule to walk by and they are not bound to attend to any rule whatsoever that is without them but to walk by the rule of the Spirit of God that is within them To whom I say it is a great mistake that the Spirit of the Lord in us should be a rule for us to walk by the Spirit is not the rule the Spirit is given to open the rule the Spirit is given to shine upon the rule to declare the rule but the Spirit of the Lord is not the rule It is true indeed we cannot know the rule at least in the spiritual nature of it till the Spirit of the Lord doth open it as a man cannot see what time of day it is by the Sun-dyall till the Sun shine upon it ah but the Dyall is the rule And so it is a great mistake while men think that the Spirit is the rule when as the Word of the Lord is the rule to the Law and to the testimony if any man walk not according to this rule And so Christ tells his Disciples that the Spirit is not given to manifest and discover any new thing but what Christ hath laid dow● in his Word look into John 16. 13. Howbeit when the Spirit of truth is come he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will shew you things to come Mark how clear it is that the

was expected by that name among the Jews for so he was promised and prophesied of that he should be the son of David But again he is called the son of David because the promise was in a special manner unto David in a gracious way God did confirm the promise of the Messia● unto David Notwithstanding Davids imperfection and the sin that was in David yet the promise of the Messias was to David and his house though his house was not so with God yet God confirmed the Covenant with David that Covenant which was made with Abraham God confirmed it in a remarkable way unto David notwithstanding his unworthiness yet the Messias should spring out of his loins and therefore in respect of that gracious Promise he was called the son of David Secondly This woman gives him the title of the son of David because it is the most honourable title where there is true faith it will put all the honour it can upon Christ David was an honourable King in Israel David was the first godly King that ever God set over his own people so he was honourable being the first godly King that reigned over the people and therefore became David was most honourable among the Kings the first godly King therefore this woman put honour upon Christ calls him the son of David Thirdly David was a very remarkable type of Christ and as he was known by David so Christ was known by this name and called by this name Christ he was very like in many things to David as Christ came of the seed of David so in many things Jesus Christ was like to David and Davids Kingdome it was a type of Christs Kingdome and therefore it is said of Christ Luke 1. That God should give him the throne of David his father But in these particulars I shall instance to you that David was a type of Christ and Christ like to David First In those manifold victories and conquests that David obtained over his enemies and the enemies of God why David was a very victorious Prince he subdued the enemies of Israel in Davids time many of the Lords battels were fought by David and David returned a Conquerour he smote the great Goliah that defied the Armies of the God of Israel David went forth and smote him and he fell and in those remarkable victories David obtained over the enemies of the Church he was a type of Christ and therefore Christ is called the son of David Secondly And then again David was a type of Christ in that he brought back again the Ark of God that was taken captive by the Philistines David restored the Ark and brought it back again so Christ restored the Ordinances and will restore them to their perfect purity even all the vessels of the Lords House that hath been taken captive by the Philistines Christ will restore them they shall all be brought again into their own place and restored to their first purity Christ will fulfill it there is a promise of it and he will fulfil it in this David was a type of Christ Thirdly David was a type of Christ in that he waited long for the Kingdom after the Promise was given to him yea after the Lord by Samuel had anointed David to be King over Israel after he was anointed he was driven out and he waited long for the fulfilling of the Promise a type of Christ in that and so it is with David's Son the Lord Jesus though anointed though the Spirit was poured out upon him without measure though anointed to be King yet we see not all his enemies put under his feet there is a promise that it shall be so but we see it not yet he waits for it and therefore he compares himself to a man that went into a far country to receive a kingdome for him self and so Christ is in Heaven he sits and waits for it till the time come that his Father shall give him the kingdom and he is to rule over all his enemies to be made his footstool Nay fourthly David was a type of Christ in respect of his enemies Davids enemies were many and great mighty and potent and so are the enemies of Jesus Christ Saul and all his forces rose up against David and David he had many enemies in his own house afterwards and they that did eat bread with him at his table and his enemies were a type of Christs enemies Saul and all his forces against David the Devil and all his Angels and wicked men against Christ Christs enemies they were such as were his near companions one that dipt his hand in the dish with him he betrayed him And thus you see David was a type of Christ his Kingdome a type of Christs Kingdome Fifthly to add no more but this Davids Kingdome you know was very small at first but it grew great when David came first to the Kingdome there were but few that took his part ah but after there had been war for a while betwixt the house of David and the house of Saul God ordered it so that first one of the house of Saul fell off and then another and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker and Davids house stronger and stronger So the Kingdome of Christ his Kingdome was a little Kingdome the servants that owned him and his cause they are but a very inconsiderable party at first a little stone cut out of the mountain without hands a type and shaddow of Christs Kingdome but that stone it waxed bigger and bigger and became a mountain that filled the whole earth You see why Christ both here by this woman and also in divers other places is so frequently called the son of David I come now to the observation from the confession which this woman held forth which is this That true faith it comes unto Christ both as he is Lord and as he is the son of David it layes this foundation and where this confession is not made there is no true saving faith true faith it closeth with Christ as he is Lord and as he is the son of David First I shall shew you how true faith comes to Christ and looks upon Christ and closeth with Christ as he is Lord O Lord have mercy on me This woman here she make● the same confession that Peter doth Matth. 16. 16. and Peter said Thou art Christ the Son of the living God Here is the same confession that the Woman makes the Text she confesses that he was the Son of 〈◊〉 living God that he was Christ that he was anoi●●ted as he was man to be the Lord and Saviou● True faith confesseth Christ as he is Lord and he is the son of David I shall shew you how true faith closeth wi● Christ 〈◊〉 as Lord. It holds forth thus much to us to confe●● Christ to be Lord or to come to Christ Lord. First of all that faith doth confess and ackno●●ledge Christ to be eternal God This