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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.
He shall give his Angels charge over thee] The true sense of the place is this, that the Lore had a special care of his people; and when he sent any judgement upon the Israelites, he gave them this comfortable promise, that in the middest of all their troubles he himself would protect them. And as this ⟨p. 74⟩promise was made to them, so it is general to the whole Church of God, and belongs to us. For in all common judgements and calamities, the children of God which walk in his ways, shall be sure to have protection and security: for the Angels of God, by his appointment, do hold them up, as it were in their hands. In which words there is a comparison taken from nurses, who having children committed to their care, do hold them very charily and tenderly in their hands, and dare not let them go out of their arms: even so the Angels of God by his appointment▪ become even as nurses to his children in all their lawful ways,1 and do attend upon them, and are very careful to protect them from danger, so long as they keep themselves within the compass of Gods word.
He shall giue his Angels charge ouer thee] The true sense of the place is this, that the Lore had a speciall care of his people; and when he sent any iudgement vpon the Israelites, he gaue them this comfortable promise, that in the middest of all their troubles he himselfe would protect them. And as this ⟨p. 74⟩promise was made to them, so it is generall to the whole Church of God, and belongs to vs. For in all common iudgements and calamities, the children of God which walke in his waies, shal be sure to haue protection and securitie: for the Angels of God, by his appointment, do hold them vp, as it were in their hands. In which words there is a comparison taken from nurses, who hauing children committed to their care, do hold them very charily and tenderly in their hands, and dare not let them go out of their armes: euen so the Angels of God by his appointment▪ become euen as nurses to his children in all their lawful wayes,1