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 /…

Thirdly, the Devil accuseth one man to another, by raising suspicions and bad surmises and by backbiting one another. And seeing the holy Ghost calleth Satan an accuser,¹ let us all beware of accusing our brethren, of slandering and backbiting: for such men become like unto the Devil. Again, it must admonish all men to beware that they do not by any accusations or slanders, seek to draw men from embracing the Gospel: for they which take this course make themselves Devils incarnate. Of this sort was Elyma• the sorcerer, Act. 13. 10. whom Paul therefore ⟨p. 21⟩calleth the child of the Devil. And thus much of the first part of the preparation.² Now followeth the second part, viz. the abode of Christ in the wilderness: which is set out by three circumstances. First, by his fasting forty days and forty nights. Secondly by his company there, namely, the wild beasts, Mark 1. 12. Lastly, by those temptations wherewith the Devil did encounter him within the space of those forty days, Luke 4. 2. though the particulars be not set down by the Evangelists.

Thirdly, the Diuell accuseth one man to another, by raising suspitions and bad surmises and by backbiting one another. And seeing the holy Ghost calleth Satan an accuser,¹ let vs all beware of accusing our brethren, of slaundering and backbiting: for such men become like vnto the Diuell. Againe, it must admonish al men to beware that they do not by any accusations or slanders, seeke to draw men from embracing the Gospell: for they which take this course make themselues Diuels incarnate. Of this sort was Elyma• the sorcerer, Act. 13. 10. whom Paul therefore ⟨p. 21⟩