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

1. It must not be faint and cold. Some kind of Resistance may be made by general and common Graces; the light of nature will rise up in defiance of many sins, especially at first before men have sinned away natural light, or else the Resistance at least is in some cold way. But it must be earnest and vehement as against the enemy of God, and our Souls. Pauls Resistance in his conflicts was with serious dislikes, and deep groans, Rom. 7. 19. The good that I would I do not, but the evil which I would not, that I do, and verse 24. Oh wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death! In apparent cases a detestation, and vehement indignation is enough, get thee behind me Satan! In other cases there need strong Arguments and Considerations, that the temptation may not stick, when the tempter is gone; as the smutch remaineth of a candle stuck against a stone wall. When Eve speaketh faintly and coldly, the devil reneweth the assault with the more violence, Gen. 3. 3. Ye shall not eat of it, ⟨p. 204⟩neither shall ye touch it, lest ye dye. As to the restraint she speaketh warmly, and with some impatience of resentment, not eat, nor touch: in the Commination too coldly, lest ye dye, when God had said, ye shall surely dye. A faint denial is a kind of grant: therefore slight Satan's assaults with indignation. Though the dog barketh the Traveller passeth on. Satan cannot endure contempt. At other times argue for God stoutly; thy Soul and eternal concernments are in danger. No worldly concernment ought to go so near to us as that which concerneth our eternal good, and the Salvation of our souls. What would the devil have from thee but thy soul, and its precious enjoyments, Peace of Conscience, Hope of Everlasting Life? What doth he bid? worldly vanities. As the Merchant putteth up his wares with indignation, when the chapman biddeth an unworthy price.

1. It must not be faint and cold. Some kind of Resistance may be made by general and common Graces; the light of nature will rise up in defyance of many sins, especially at first before men have sinned away natural light, or else the Resistance at least is in some cold way. But it must be earnest and vehement as against the enemy of God, and our Souls. Pauls Resistance in his conflicts was with serious dislikes, and deep groans,