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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. By this we may gather, that the afflictions of the godly, are signs of their adoption. Heb. 12. 6. Whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth. 7. If ye endure chastisement, God offereth himself unto you as unto sonne•. And that they are to them, the Kings high way to heaven. James 1. 12. Blessed […] the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love […] 2. Cor. 4. 17. For our light affliction which i• but for a moment, causeth unto us a far more ⟨p. 175⟩excellent and an eternal weight of glory. 3 That God hath promised favour, mitigation of punishment, his presence and deliverance. Philip. 1. 29. 1. Cor. 10. 13. God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above measure, but with temptation will give deliverance. 2. Sam. 7. 14. Psal. 50. 15. Call upon me in time of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psal. 121. 4. He that keepeth Israel, will neither slumber nor sleep. Esa. 43. 2. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the floods, that they do not overwhelm thee: when thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not burn, neither shall the flame kindle upon thee: 3. For I am the Lord thy God, the holy one of Israel thy saviour. 4 That in all troubles of the faithful, Christ is a companion. 1. Pet. 4. 13