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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.
The causes wherefore our Saviour Christ was hungry,1 are these: first, that he might •hew himself to be true man, and that he had •he infirmities of humane nature: and so we see he would stop the mouths of such as should say, it was a small matter for him to last so long being the son of God. But least we should doubt of his manhood, he is here •s we see touched with hunger, a true infirmity of mans nature.
The causes wherefore our Sauiour Christ was hungrie,1 are these: first, that he might •hew himself to be true man, and that he had •he infirmities of humane nature: and so we see he would stop the mouthes of such as should say, it was a small matter for him to last so long being the sonne of God. But least we should doubt of his manhood, he is here •s we see touched with hunger, a true infirmitie of mans nature.
- 1Why Christ was hungry.VVhy Christ was hungry.
Secondly, he was thus hungry, that by this means he might cast unto the devil an object to work on, and give him occasion to be more fierce in his assaults.
Secondly, he was thus hungrie, that by this meanes he might cast vnto the diuell an ob•ect to worke on, and giue him occasion to be more fierce in his assaults.