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The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings…
The harmony of the Gospels, in the holy history of the humiliation and sufferings of Jesus Christ, from his incarnation to his death and burial. / Published by John Eliot, teacher of the church in Roxbury. ; [Two lines from Acts]
printed by John Foster, 1678
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.
2. When he had brought his Phansy into an apprehension of danger then he stirs up fear, and this urges to approve (in Phansy) some unlawful shift to avoid the danger, as he dealt with Abraham, to devise a way of escape on, or upon an imagination that such a danger might befall him. And Satan doth sedulously labour to put us upon false confidence in a misapplied or misinterpreted promise, as it was Josiahs case, 2 Chron. 34.28. he had this promise, I will gather thee to thy Fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, a misinterpretation of this promise, made Josiah over bold to fight against Pharaoh Ne•ho, 2 Chron. 35.20, ad 25. where he was slain.
2. When he had brought his Phansy into an apprehension of danger then he stirs up fear, and this urges to approve (in Phansy) some unlawful shift to avoid the danger, as he dealt with Abraham, to devise a way of escape on, or upon an imagination that such a danger might befall him. And Satan doth sedulously labour to put us upon false confidence in a misapplyed or misinterpreted promise, as it was Josiahs case, 2 Chron. 34.28. he had this promise, I will gather thee to thy Fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, a misinterpretation of this promise, made Josiah over bold to fight against Pharaoh Ne•ho, 2 Chron. 35.20, ad 25. where he was slain.
3. When he had tempted him with the most ravishing sight of the worlds glory, then he tempts him to get it upon any Terms, even to take it at the usurping ⟨p. 62⟩