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

2. At this Baptismal engagement the Father had given him a testimony by a voice from Heaven, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, and the Holy Ghost had descended upon him in the form of a Dove, Mark 3. 16, 17. Now presently after this he ⟨p. 8⟩is set upon by the Tempter. Thus many times the Children of God after solemn assurances of his love are exposed to great temptations. Of this you may see an instance in Abraham, Gen. 22. 1. And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, that is after he had assured Abraham, that he was his shield, and his exceeding great reward, and given him so many renewed testimonies of his favour. So Paul after his rapture, lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, 2 Cor. 12. 7. So Heb. 10. 32. But call to remembrance the former days, in which after the were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions, i. e. after the were fully convinced of the Christian Faith, and furnished with those virtues and graces that belong to it. Gods conduct is gentle and proportioned to our strength, as Jacob drove as the little ones were able to bear it. He never suffers his Castles to be besieged till they are victualled.

2. At this Baptismal engagement the Father had given him a testimony by a voice from Heaven, this is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased, and the Holy Ghost had descended upon him in the form of a Dove, Mark 3. 16, 17. Now presently after this he ⟨p. 8⟩is set upon by the Tempter. Thus many times the Children of God after solemn assurances of his love are exposed to great temptations. Of this you may see an instance in Abraham,