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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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Now in that Satan transports the body of our Saviour Christ this second time,1 we see that by Gods permission, Satan may have power over the bodies of Gods children, to transport the same from place to place, or otherwise to vex them, and that not once only, but sundry times. This we must observe, and remember carefully as a stay and prop against distrust & despair, if God should suffer Satan to vex us, by such transporting of our bodies from place to place, or by any outward calamity; & that not once or twice but divers times; for that which befell the head Christ Jesus, may well befall any of his members.
Now in that Satan transports the body of our Sauiour Christ this second time,1 wee see that by Gods permission, Satan may haue power ouer the bodies of Gods children, to transport the same from place to place, or otherwise to vex them, and that not once onely, but sundrie times. This we must obserue, and remember carefully as a stay and prop against distrust & despaire, if God should suffer Satan to vex vs, by such transporting of our bodies from place to place, or by any outward calamity; & that not once or twise but diuers times; for that which befell the head Christ Iesus, may well befall any of his members.
- 1Satan may have power over the bodies of Gods children.Satan may haue power ouer the bodies of Gods children.
The second part of the Devils preparation is this: he shows unto Christ all the kingdoms of the world, & the glory of them. This he could not do actually, for there is no mountain so high in all the world, whereon if a man were placed, he could see one half or one quarter of the kingdoms of the world, as they are seated and placed upon the face of the earth; nay if a man were set in the sun, and from thence could look unto the earth, yet he could not see past the half thereof. And therefore we must know that the Devil did this in a counterfeit vision, for herein he can frame an imitation of God.