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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
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.
Paul. The temptation is a provoking to sin, according as the disposition of every man, and as occasion shall offer it self, 1. Chron. 21. 1. And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. ⟨p. 163⟩Joh. 13. 2. And when supper was done, the devil had now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simons son, to betray him.
Paul. The temptation is a prouoking to sinne, according as the disposition of euery man, and as occasion shall offer it selfe, 1. Chron. 21. 1. And Satan stood vp against Israel, and prouoked Dauid to number Israel. ⟨p. 163⟩Ioh. 13. 2. And when supper was done, the diuell had now put into the heart of Iudas Iscariot, Simons sonne, to betray him.
Lid. Let me not be ignorant of Satan's enterprises. How will he allure to sin?
Lid. Let me not be ignorant of Satans enterprises. How will he allure to sinne?
Paul. In this temptation, the devil doth wonderfully diminish and extenuate those sins which men are about to commit, partly by objecting closely the mercy of God, and partly by covering or hiding the punishment which is due for the sin. Besides, there are helps to further the devil in this his temptation: as first, the flesh which lusteth against the spirit, sometimes by begetting evil motions and affections, and sometimes by overwhelming and oppressing the good intents and motions,