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A learned and fruitful exposition upon the Lords prayer. By Arthur Dent, sometime minister…A learned and fruitful exposition vpon the Lords prayer. By Arthur Dent, sometime minister…
A learned and fruitful exposition upon the Lords prayer. By Arthur Dent, sometime minister of the Word of God at South-Suberry, in EssexA learned and fruitful exposition vpon the Lords prayer. By Arthur Dent, sometime minister of the Word of God at South-Suberry, in Essex
London: printed by Thomas Snodham for Nicholas Bourne, 1613
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.
Answer.
Answere.
True it is, that in S. James sense, God tempteth no man, that is, moveth no man to sin, but as he saith, every man when he is tempted is led away, and snared of his own concupiscence.
True it is, that in S. Iames sense, God tempteth no man, that is, mooueth no man to sinne, but as hée sayth, euery man when hée is tempted is led away, and snared of his owne concupiscence.
Gods tempting of men, is after two sorts, respecting the praise of his justice, and the praise of his mercy.
Gods tempting of men, is after two sorts, respecting the praise of his iustice, and the prayse of his mercy.
Touching the first, he doth sometimes, for former evils, throw us to the Devil, yet he is not the author of evil when after this sort he leadeth us into temptation, for he doth it justly for some