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

1. As he worketh by Representation, or the fair show and splendid Appearance of worldly things, you must check it.

1. As he worketh by Representation, or the fair shew and splendid Appearance of worldly things, you must check it.

(1.) By considering the little subsistence and reality that is in this fair appearance, 1 Cor. 7. 31. The fashion of this world passeth away, [Greek or Hebrew] It is but a draft, an empty Pageantry; so it is called, Psal. 39. 6. A vain show; an Image, shadow, or dream, that vanisheth in a trice. So Prov. 23. 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? It ⟨p. 150⟩was not a-while ago, and within a little while it will not be again, at least to us it will not be, we must shortly bid good night to all the World, 1 Pet. 1. 24. All flesh is grass, and the glory thereof as the flower of the grass. David saith Psal. 119. 86. I have seen an end of all perfection. It is good often to intermingle these serious thoughts of the frailty of all sublunary enjoyments, to keep us modest in what we have, or desire to have, that we may not be blinded with the delusions of the Flesh, and enchanted with an admiration of worldly Felicity.

(1.) By considering the little subsistance and reality that is in this fair appearance, 1 Cor. 7. 31. The fashion of this world passeth away, It is but a draft, an empty Pageantry; so it is called,