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

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⟩at Ierusalem; 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 Ierusalem to suffer, nor would any man living have dared to lay hands upon him while he continued in this Glory and Majesty.

3. This request was injurious to Moses and Elijah, that they should utterly forsake their Heavenly Mansions for an abode on Earth, and therefore to desire their continuance there, was to desire their loss, they were a little time to appear on Earth with Christ, and then to return to their blessedness, or to the enjoyment of the sight of God in the third Heavens.

3. This request was injurious to Moses and Elias, that they should utterly forsake their Heavenly Mansions for an abode on Earth, and therefore to desire their continuance there, was to desire their loss, they were a little time to appear on Earth with Christ, and then to return to their blessedness, or to the enjoyment of the sight of God in the third Heavens.