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 /…

It followeth,¹ Into the wilderness. Here is •he third circumstance, namely the place, into •he wilderness or desert place: which place Christ did of purpose choose to be tempted •n. There be divers opinions concerning this place, some think it to be a little wilderness betwixt Jerusalem and Jericho; others judge •t to be the desert of Arabia, where Elijah fa•ted forty days and forty nights, and where •he children of Israel wandered forty years. But seeing the holy Ghost doth not show what wilderness it was, we are not curiously •o inquire after it, but only know it was a desert and solitary place.

It followeth,¹ Into the wildernesse. Here is •he third circumstance, namely the place, into •he wildernesse or desert place: which place Christ did of purpose choose to be tempted •n. There be diuers opinions concerning this place, some thinke it to be a litle wildernesse betwixt Ierusalem and Iericho; others iudge •t to be the desert of Arabia, where Elias fa•ted fortie dayes and fortie nights, and where •he children of Israel wandred fortie yeares. But seeing the holy Ghost doth not shew what wildernes it was, we are not curiously •o inquire after it, but onely know it was a desert and solitary place.

1. 13. Circumstance.