A09463:148
The combat between Christ and the Devil displayedThe combat betvveene Christ and the Diuell displayed
The combat between Christ and the Devil displayed: or A commentary upon the temptations of Christ: preached in Cambridge by that reverend and judicious divine M. William PerkinsThe combat betvveene Christ and the Diuell displayed: or A commentarie vpon the temptations of Christ: preached in Cambridge by that reuerend and iudicious diuine M. William Perkins
London: printed by Melchizedek Bradwood for E. Edgar, 1606London: printed by Melchisedech Bradwood for E. Edgar, 1606
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The second part of the Devils preparation to this conflict is this, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple: The word translated pinnacle, signifieth properly a wing of the temple; whereby, some take to be meant, the sharp broaches and spires on the top of the temple; whereof there were divers; but these (as I take it) are not here meant; for such a spire cannot well be called a wing; others take it for some part of the battlement, made on the top of the Temple, which was flat, as the Jews used to build, to keep men from falling; others take it for any top corner of the Temples; and whether ⟨p. 27⟩of these it was we cannot certainly define; but this we must hold, that it was some dangerous steep down place on some corner of the Temple, or on the battlements, from which a man might easily cast himself; whereby we see the Devil will omit no advantage that may further his temptations; which should make us the more careful of our standing against him.
The second part of the Diuels preparation to this conflict is this, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple: The word translated pinnacle, signifieth properly a wing of the temple; whereby, some take to be meant, the sharpe brouches and spires on the top of the temple; whereof there were diuers; but these (as I take it) are not heere meant; for such a spire cannot wel be called a wing; others take it for some part of the battlement, made on the top of the Temple, which was flat, as the Iewes vsed to build, to keepe men from falling; others take it for any top corner of the Temples; and whether ⟨p. 27⟩of these it was we cannot certainly define; but this we must holde, that it was some dangerous steepe downe place on some corner of the Temple, or on the battlements, from which a man might easily cast himselfe; whereby we see the Diuell will omit no aduantage that may further his temptations; which should make vs the more carefull of our standing against him.