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An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of…
An abridgement of the whole body of divinity extracted from the learned works of that ever-famous and reverend divine, Mr. William Perkins / by Tho. Nicols.
London: printed by W.B. for Will. Hope, 1654
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.
Here the temptation is a provoking to sin.
The Devil provoketh to sin according as he findeth a mans disposition.
Secondly, as occasion offereth it self, thus he provoked David to number the people, 1 Chron. 21. 1. And Judas to betray Christ, John 13. 2.
Here the Devil to further his temptation will diminish the sin, that he would have a man commit, and that
1. Either by closely objecting to us Gods mercy. Or 2. by covering and hiding from us the punishment due to sin.