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

2. That which was Evil in it.

1. That he mistook the nature of the present dispensation, this was to be a representation not a Fruition, to be transient and momentany, for confirmation not possession, rather a viaticum, a bit by the way, then a Feast. It was good and commendable to be affected with joy, and delight in the presence and company of Christ, and Moses and Elijah, but it was not to be rested in as their full Reward.

1. That he mistook the nature of the present dispensation, this was to be a representation not a Fruition, to be transient and momentany, for confirmation not possession, rather a viaticum, a bit by the way, then a Feast. It was good and commendable to be affected with joy, and delight in the presence and company of Christ, and Moses and Elias, but it was not to be rested in as their full Reward.

2. If this request had taken place, the work of our Redemption had been hindered, what had become of Christs Death and Passion, which he should accomplish ⟨p. 101⟩at Jerusalem; all our happiness dependeth on that, and if God should give way to our carnal desires, what mischief would ensue. If Christ had hearkened to him he would not have gone up to Jerusalem to suffer, nor would any man living have dared to lay hands upon him while he continued in this Glory and Majesty.

2. If this request had taken place, the work of our Redemption had been hindred, what had become of Christs Death and Passion, which he should accomplish ⟨p. 101⟩