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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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We do read in Gods word of many kinds of temptations: God, Satan, Man, the World, and the Flesh, are said to tempt. God tempteth man to try his obedience, Satan tempteth man to make him disobedient: man do tempt men to try what is in them: and man tempteth God to try what is in him. The world is a temper, to keep man from God: and the flesh is a ⟨image 5⟩tempter, to bring man to the Devil: So God tempted Abrahama in the offering of his son: Satan btempted Job in the loss of his goods: ac Queen tempted Solomon in trying his wisdom: men dtempted God by distrust in the desert: the world tempted Domas,e when he forsook the Apostles: and the flesh tempted David,f when he fell by adultery. Doth God tempt us? take heed of hypocrisy: doth Satan tempt us? take heed of his subtlety: doth man tempt man? take heed of dissembling: doth man tempt God? take heed of inquiring: doth the world tempt man? take heed of apostasy: doth the flesh tempt man? take heed of carnality. But do we so? are we wary of these tempers? No, we are not, and therefore we fall. We fall on the right hand, by temptations in prosperity, and we fall on the left, by temptations in adversity. Of the one it may be said, it hath slaing thousands: of the other, that it hath slain ten thousands.
We doe reade in Gods word of many kinds of temptations: God, Satan, Man, the World, and the Flesh, are saide to tempt. God tempteth man to trie his obedience, Satan tempteth man to make him disobedient: man doe tempt men to trie what is in them: and man tempteth God to trie what is in him. The world is a temper, to keepe man from God: and the flesh is a ⟨image 5⟩