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Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /
Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons / by the late Reverend Tho. Manton ...
London printed : s.n., 1685
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.
This is the third Temptation. In handling it I shall use the former method, give you the History of the Temptation, and Observations thereupon.
THis is the third Temptation. In handling it I shall use the former method, give you the History of the Temptation, and Observations thereupon.
In the History. 1. The Introduction, verse 8. 2. The temptation it self, with the grievousness of it, ver. 9. 3. Christs Reply, ver. 10.
First, In the Introduction we have. 1. The Place, the Devil taketh him unto; an exceeding high Mountain. 2. The Fact, he showeth him all the Kingdoms of the World, and the Glory of them.
First, In the Introduction we have. 1. The Place, the Devil taketh him unto; an exceeding high Mountain. 2. The Fact, he sheweth him all the Kingdoms of the World, and the Glory of them.
1. The Place chosen for the conflict, an exceeding high Mountain. For the Mountain the Scripture would not name it, and we need not anxiously inquire after it, whether any near Jericho as some say, or as others, some Mountain nigh Jerusalem: and possibly the highest above the rest was chosen by the tempter. The Pinnacle of the Temple was not proper, because Jerusalem was surrounded with higher Mountains on all sides,