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

2. All the devils offers, and promises have a spiteful condition annexed. He pretendeth to give, but yet selleth at the dearest rates. It is but a barter and exchange; ⟨p. 146⟩a flat bargain, but no gift. He must have our souls, God is dishonoured, his Laws broken, his Spirit grieved. The devil staineth his grant with unjust covenants, and exacteth more than the thing is worth.

2. All the devils offers, and promises have a spightful condition annexed. He pretendeth to give, but yet selleth at the dearest rates. It is but a barter and exchange; ⟨p. 146⟩a flat bargain, but no gift. He must have our souls, God is dishonoured, his Laws broken, his Spirit grieved. The devil staineth his grant with unjust covenants, and exacteth more than the thing is worth.

Two ways then must we defeat the Temptation.

Two wayes then must we defeat the Temptation.

1. Not believing his Promises, that I must be beholding to sin to make me happy. Those that by unlawful means get up to honour and wealth, seem to have accepted the devils offer, they think he is Lord of the world, and all the Kingdoms and the Glory thereof. Do not look upon wealth as the devils gift, as a thing to be gotten by fraud, flattery, corruption, bribery: alas! it is put into bags with holes, Haggai 1. 6. It is called the deceitfulness of riches,