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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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II. point. Their number. It is not said one Angel, but angels came and ministered unto him. Indeed when he was in his Agony in the garden a little before his passion,a one Angel came and ministered comfort unto him: so that sometime one, sometime moe attended on him; even as the evil spirits come to tempt, sometime one alone, as Satan did here to Christ, and sometimes moe, as they did when he was upon the Cross. And as it befell Christ, so doth it to Gods children, they have sometime one good Angel to attend upon them, and sometime many: so likewise have they sometime one evil spirit to assault them, and sometimes many, as the man in whom the legion was. And hereby falleth to the ground this common opinion, that every man hath one good Angel and one bad attending upon him, the one to protect him, the other to tempt him. But this opinion doth not well stand with the tenor of the scripture, which thus sets out the state of men in regard of his attendance by Angels, that there are sometimes moe about him, and sometime fewer; whether we speak of good Angels, or of evil spirits.
II. point. Their number. It is not said one Angel, but angels came and ministred vnto him. Indeed when hee was in his Agonie in the garden a little before his passion,a one Angell came and ministred comfort vnto him: so that sometime one, sometime moe attended on him; euen as the euill spirits come to tempt, sometime one alone, as Satan did heere to Christ, and somtimes moe, as they did when he was vpon the Crosse. And as it befell Christ, so doth it to Gods children, they haue somtime one good Angell to attend vpon them, and sometime many: so likewise haue they sometime one euill spirit to assault them, and somtimes many, as the man in whom the legion was. And heereby falleth to the ground this common opinion, that euery man hath one good Angell and one bad attending vpon him, the one to protect him, the other to tempt him. But this opinion doth not wel stand with the tenour of the scripture, which thus sets out the state of men in regard of his attendance by Angels, that there are somtimes moe about him, and somtime fewer; whether we speake of good Angels, or of euill spirits.