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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.
But how could Christ be tempted,1 seeing he was most holy,2 even as he was man? Ans. For all that he might be tempted, as our first parents were before they had sinned.
But how could Christ be tempted,1 seeing he was most holy,2 euen as he was man? Ans. For all that he might be tempted, as our first parents were before they had sinned.
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The Devil tempts men either by conveying into their minds some secret suggestion, or else moves them by some outward object, that he may put into them some conceit of that sin which he would have them commit: as unto Judas, the Devil cast this vile thought into his heart, Judas betray thy master, John 13. 27. So here the Devil suggests unto the mind of Christ these motions, to move him to unbelief, idolatry and covetousness. But here is the difference: first, that Christ his most holy heart withstands all Satan's temptations. Again, as these wicked motions disquiet and trouble mens minds, and bring molestations upon them; so it befell our Saviour Christ, for he was moved with these temptations, but yet without all sin. Thirdly, men when they are tempted, though they do not altogether receive and approve of the temptations, yet they be tainted with them: ⟨p. 18⟩