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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.
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.
Then the devil took him into the holy city, &c.] Now followeth the second conflict betwixt the devil and Christ, in the 5. 6. 7. verses. Now though S. Luke chap. 4. 9. placeth this temptation in the last place, yet doth this breed no great difference betwixt the Evangelists: for Luke in penning of the words and deeds of Christ, sets them down as the Spirit of God directed him, not regarding precisely the time when they were done, but sometime setting that first which was done ⟨p. 55⟩last: but Matthew he sets them down in order as they were performed by our Saviour Christ.
Then the diuell tooke him into the holy citie, &c.] Now followeth the second conflict betwixt the diuell and Christ, in the 5. 6. 7. verses. Now though S. Luke chap. 4. 9. placeth this temptation in the last place, yet doth this breede no great difference betwixt the Euangelists: for Luke in pēning of the words and deeds of Christ, sets them downe as the Spirit of God directed him, not regarding precisely the time when they were done, but sometime setting that first which was done ⟨p. 55⟩last: but Mathew he sets thē down in order as they were performed by our Sauiour Christ.
Then the devil took him, &c.] In this second conflict, we are to consider three points. First, the devils preparation to the combat, vers. 5. Secondly, the temptation it self, vers. 6. Thirdly, the answer of Christ, vers. 7.
Then the diuell tooke him, &c.] In this second cōflict, we are to consider three points. First, the diuels preparation to the combat, vers. 5. Secondly, the temptation it selfe, vers. 6. Thirdly, the answer of Christ, vers. 7.