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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.
The second part of the Devils preparation, is this, that he shows him all the kingdoms of the world, &c. Now concerning this, we may ⟨p. 89⟩not think the Devil could do this in deed and truth, to show Christ all the several kingdoms of the world, as they be here placed upon earth, for that is a thing impossible: for there is no hill so high, that a man might see them all. Nay, if a man were as high as the Sun, and could see never so clearly, yet he could but see the one half of the earth; and therefore we must know, he showed them in a counterfeit vision.
The second part of the Diuels preparatiō, is this, that he shewes him all the kingdomes of the world, &c. Now concerning this, we may ⟨p. 89⟩not think the Diuell could do this in deed and truth, to shew Christ all the seuerall kingdomes of the world, as they be here placed vpon earth, for that is a thing impossible: for there is no hill so high, that a man might see them all. Nay, if a mā were as high as the Sunne, and could see neuer so clearely, yet he could but see the one halfe of the earth; and therefore we must know, he shewed them in a counterfeit vision.
Now these visions of the Devil, they be either of the outward senses, or else of the understanding. Of the outward senses, as the delusions of the Devil, making men think they see that they do not see indeed. So the Devil is said to show Samuel to Saul in a vision in his proper habit: and this was indeed but a counterfeit Samuel, 1not that true Samuel, who rested in the grave concerning his body, and remained in heaven concerning his soul.
Now these visions of the Diuell, they be either of the outward senses, or else of the vnderstanding. Of the outward senses, as the delusions of the Diuel, making men thinke they see that they do not see indeed. So the Diuel is said to shew Samuel to Saul in a vision in his proper habite: and this was indeed but a coūterfet Samuel,