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A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
AN EXPOSITION OF THE Lord's-Prayer. › And lead us not into Temptation.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
First, We cannot be tempted without the Will of God. That God hath a Providence in and about Temptations, is clear from the Scripture. Mat. 4. 1. Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the Wilderness, to be tempted of the Devil. The Holy Spirit had a hand in it, as well as the Evil Spirit. So, 2 Sam. 24. 1. God moved David to number Israel and Judah. But in 1 Chron. 21. 1. it is said, And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Satan, he cannot tempt without leave from God. As a Lion cannot stir out of his ••ge, until the Keeper brings him out; so the Devil, this roaring Lion, is held by the irresistible Chains of God's Providence, and cannot stir until God brings him out.
First, We cannot be tempted without the Will of God. That God hath a Providence in and about Temptations, is clear from the Scripture. Mat. 4. 1. Then was Iesus led up of the Spirit into the Wilderness, to be tempted of the Devil. The Holy Spirit had a hand in it, as well as the Evil Spirit. So, 2 Sam. 24. 1. God moved David to number Israel and Judah. But in 1 Chron. 21. 1. it is said, And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. Satan, he cannot tempt without leave from God. As a Lion cannot stir out of his ••ge, until the Keeper brings him out; so the Devil, this roaring Lion, is held by the irresistible Chains of God's Providence, and cannot stir until God brings him out.
Consider two things: