Christs temptation and transfiguration practically explained and improved in several sermons /

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, Ps. 125. 2. As the Mountains are round about Jerusalem, &c. He chose an high Mountain, because of the fairer prospect, where the Horizon might be as spacious as was possible, and the sight not hindered by any interposing object. God took Moses into Mount Pisgah, and showed him the Land of Canaan, Deut. 34. 1. The Devil who affecteth to do in evil, as God doth in what is good, taketh Christ into a Mountain. He leadeth us high, and promiseth us high things, that suiteth with his disposition; but it endeth in a downfall that suiteth with his condition. The close is still cast thy self down, or else as here, fall down and worship me. ⟨p. 124⟩The Devils taking him up thither is to be explained the same way, with his taking him up to the pinnacle of the Temple.

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 Iericho as some say, or as others, some Mountain nigh Ierusalem: and possibly the highest above the rest was chosen by the tempter. The Pinnacle of the Temple was not proper, because Ierusalem was surrounded with higher Mountains on all sides,