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The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ from his incarnation to his death and burial published by John Eliot ...
Boston: printed by John Foster, 1678
The Harmony of the GOSPELS in the holy History of the Humiliation a… › Chapter 9 › Section 6
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These are all fleshly and worldly Temptations, as for Temptations of envy, malice, revenge, and such like, they are the frequent Temptations of hypocrites, but not so frequently can Satan fasten them upon sound believers, in whom there is a living principle of love. These Temptations I shall touch, as they are recorded by Matthew.
These are all fleshly and worldly Temptations, as for Temptations of envy, malice, revenge, and such like, they are the frequent Temptations of hypocrites, but not so frequently can Satan fasten them upon sound believers, in whom there is a living principle of love. These Temptations I shall touch, as they are recorded by Mathew.
1. The first Temptation is to sensual pleasure, to satisfy the natural appetites of the Flesh, all of them being comprehended under that one, of eating, which is the strongest and most vehement Appetite in the whole wheel of nature, and most difficult to govern: govern that, and ye govern all, These Appetites of the flesh are the dangerous Temptations of this last and best Age of the Church in this militant world, Luk. 21.34. take heed to your selves least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting & drunkenness, & cares of this world, & so that they do come upon you unawares. The satisfying of these Appetites were the ruin of the old world Math. 24.37, 38, 39. But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of men be, for as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and knew not until the flood came and took them all away, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Jesus Christ hath fought this field for us, and conquered Satan in all these kinds of Temptations, all Temptations unto any kind of Sensuality are conquered by Jesus Christ, who hath both conquered them in his combat, and set us an holy and powerful pattern, how we should do the same.