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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 5 › Chapter 1 › Section 4: Of the Fasting and Temptation of Christ.
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SECT. IV. Of the Fasting and Temptation of Christ.
3. For the Fasting and Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness. No sooner is Christ come out of the water of Baptism, but he presently enters into the fire of temptation; no sooner is the holy Spirit descended upon his head, but he is led by the same holy Spirit to be tempted in the wilderness; no sooner doth God say, This my Son; but Satan puts it to the question, if thou be the Son of God; all these are but Ghrists preparatives to his Prophetical Office; in the former Section, Christ was prepared by a solemn Consecration, and now he is to be further prepared by Satan's Temptations; there is much in this particular, and therefore in the same method as the Evangelist lays it down, Mat. 4.1.2, 3. to v. 12.1 I shall proceed. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the Wilderness to be tempted of the Devil, &c. In the whole, we may observe these several Branches, as, First, the place where the Temptation was; to wit, the Wilderness. Secondly, the cause of Christ's going into the Wilderness; the Spirits leading. Thirdly, the end of the spirits leading Christ into the wilderness; to be tempted of the Devil. Fourthly, the time and occasion of the Devils onset; at the end of forty days fast, and when he was an hungered. Fifthly, the Temptations themselves which are in number three; to which are added as many Victories, which Christ had over the Tempter; who therefore left him, and so the Angels came, and ministered unto him. I shall begin first with the place where the Temptation was; to wit, in the Wilderness.
3. FOr the Fasting and Temptation of Christ in the Wilderness. No sooner is Christ come out of the water of Baptism, but he presently enters into the fire of temptarion; no sooner is the holy Spirit descended upon his head, but he is led by the same holy Spirit to be tempted in the wilderness; no sooner doth God say, This my Son; but Satan puts it to the question, if thou be the Son of God; all these are but Ghrists preparatives to his Prophetical Office; in the former Section, Christ was prepared by a solemn Consecration, and now he is to be further prepared by Satans Temptations; there is much in this particular, and therefore in the same method as the Evangelist layes it down,