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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.
Thirdly,1 the devil is said to tempt, when […] he allures by some suggestion inwardly, […] by some object outwardly; and in this thi•• sense it is understood here, that the devil di• tempt Christ, that is, sought to allure him […] some means to sin. And though Chri•• could have confounded Satan by a word […] his mouth, yet notwithstanding he did willingly ⟨p. 17⟩permit and suffer him to tempt him, because now he stood in our stead: and this was a part of his sufferance to be thus tempted of the devil.
Thirdly,1 the diuel is said to tempt, when 〈…〉 he allures by some suggestion inwardly, 〈…〉 by some obiect outwardly; and in this thi sense it is vnderstood here, that the diuell di tempt Christ, that is, sought to allure him some meanes to sinne. And though Chri could haue confounded Satan by a word his mouth, yet notwithstanding he did wilingly