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Satan's sophistry answered by our Saviour Christ and in divers sermons further manifested /…Satans sophistrie ansuuered by our Sauiour Christ and in diuers sermons further manifested /…
Satan's sophistry answered by our Saviour Christ and in divers sermons further manifested / by that worthy man Master William Perkins ; to which is added, a comfort for the feeble minded, wherein is set down the temptations of a Christian.Satans sophistrie ansuuered by our Sauiour Christ and in diuers sermons further manifested / by that worthy man Maister William Perkins ; to which is added, a comfort for the feeble minded, wherein is set downe the temptations of a Christian.
London: printed by Richard Field for E.E., 1604
SATANS SOPHISTRY ANSWERED BY OUR SAVIOUR CHRIST.SATANS SOPHISTRIE ANSWERED BY OVR SAVIOVR CHRIST.
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4. This should teach us to be content with our estate, to moderate our affections, and to take heed we do not so eagerly desire & see• ⟨p. 51⟩for abundance: for the blessing of God is riches enough,1 & hath not these cutting cares with it: & he which hath but a mean estate, may be as well blessed of God, as he that hath the greatest abundance: nay this immoderate seeking for abundance, it argueth great distrust and unbelief in the providence of God.
4. This should teach vs to be content with our estate, to moderate our affections, and to take heed we do not so eagerly desire & see• ⟨p. 51⟩for abundance: for the blessing of God is riches enough,1 & hath not these cutting cares with it: & he which hath but a meane estate, may be as wel blessed of God, as he that hath the greatest abundance: nay this immoderate seeking for abundance, it argueth great distrust and vnbeleefe in the prouidence of God.
5. If mans life stands not in abundance, and our life is not preserved by bread alone, though a man had all the bread in the world, unless God infuse a blessing into it: this teacheth us, that we may not be so much entangled with the things of this life: we must not so eagerly seek after meat, drink, clothing, lands, livings, gold, silver, &c. for in taking too much care for these things, we see many mens harts are so carried away, that no grace can take place in them.