Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

But what was Christ's Answer? why thus; it is written, man shall not live by Bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the month of God. 1. It is written] He easily could have confounded Satan by the Power of his Godhead, but he rather chooses to vanquish him by the Sword of the Spirit; surely this was for our Instruction; by this means he teacheth us how to resist and to overcome; nothing in Heaven or Earth can beat the Forces of Hell, if the Word of God cannot do it: O then how should we pray with David, Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes— and take not from me the words of truth, let them be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage,— ⟨p. 177⟩so shall I make answer to my blasphemers. 2. Man shall not live by bread, &c. Whiles we are in Gods work, God hath made a promise of the supply of all provisions necessary for us; now this was the present case of Jesus, he was now in his Father's work, and promoting of our interest, and therefore he was sure to be provided for according to God's Word. Christians! are we in God's service? God will certainly give us bread; and till he does, we can live by the breath of his mouth, by the light of his countenance, by the refreshment of his promises, by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God; every word of God's mouth can create a grace, and every grace, can supply two necessities, both of the body, and of the Spirit: I remember one kept straitly in prison, and sorely threatened with famine, he replied, That if he must have no bread, God would so provide, that he should have no stomach; if our stock be spent, God can lessen our necessities: If a Tyrant will take away our meat, God our Father knows how to alter our faint, and feeble, and hungry appetites.

But what was Christ's Answer? why thus; it is written, man shall not live by Bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the month of God. 1. It is written] He easily could have confounded Satan by the Power of his Godhead, but he rather chuses to vanquish him by the Sword of the Spirit; surely this was for our Instruction; by this means he teacheth us how to resist and to overcome; nothing in Heaven or Earth can beat the Forces of Hell, if the Word of God cannot do it: O then how should we pray with David, Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes— and take not from me the words of truth, let them be my songs in the house of my pilgrimage,— ⟨p. 177⟩