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             A sermon preach'd before the Queen at White-hall, February the XIIth, 1691/2 by William Sherlock ...
             Sherlock, William, 1641?-1707.
          
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           BOOKS
           lately
           Printed
           for
           
             W.
             Rogers
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           at
           
             White-Hall
             ,
          
           before
           the
           Queen
           ,
           on
           the
           Monthly-Fast-Day
           ,
           
             September
          
           16th
           ,
           1691.
           4
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           A
           Persuasive
           to
           Frequent
           Communion
           in
           the
           Holy
           Sacrament
           of
           the
           Lord's
           Supper
           .
           The
           Eighth
           Edition
           .
           12
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           
             Both
             by
             the
             most
             Reverend
             Father
             in
             God
             ,
          
           John
           
             Lord
             Arch-Bishop
             of
          
           Canterbury
           .
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           at
           St.
           
             Andrew's
             Holbourn
             .
          
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           
             John
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Norwich
             .
          
        
         
           A
           Sermon
           Preached
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           
             June
             ,
          
           at
           St.
           
             Mary
             le
             Bow
             ,
          
           on
           
             Sunday
          
           the
           Fifth
           of
           
             July
             ,
          
           1691.
           at
           the
           Consecration
           of
           the
           most
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           
             John
          
           Lord
           Arch-Bishop
           of
           
             York
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Fathers
           in
           God
           ,
           
             John
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Norwich
             ,
             Richard
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Peterborough
             ,
          
           and
           
             Edward
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Gloucester
             .
          
           By
           
             Joshua
             Clark
             ,
          
           Chaplain
           to
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           ,
           the
           Bishop
           of
           
             Norwich
             .
          
           4
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           The
           Necessity
           of
           Serious
           Consideration
           ,
           and
           speedy
           Repentance
           ,
           as
           the
           only
           way
           to
           be
           safe
           both
           living
           and
           dying
           .
           8
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           The
           Lambs
           of
           Christ
           fed
           with
           the
           sincere
           Milk
           of
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           a
           short
           Scripture
           Catechism
           .
           12
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           The
           Folly
           of
           Atheism
           demonstrated
           to
           the
           Capacity
           of
           the
           most
           unlearned
           Reader
           .
           8
           
             o
          
           ;
        
         
           
             These
             Three
             by
             the
             Reverend
             Mr.
          
           Clement
           Elis
           ,
           
             Rector
             of
          
           Kirby
           
             in
          
           Notinghamshire
           .
        
         
           Reflections
           upon
           two
           Books
           ,
           one
           Entituled
           ,
           
             The
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             a
             King
             in
             Possession
             .
          
           The
           other
           ,
           
             An
             Answer
             to
             Dr.
          
           Sherlock
           '
           
             s
             Case
             of
             Allegiance
             to
             Sovereign
             Powers
             in
             Possession
             :
          
           on
           those
           parts
           especially
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Author
           endeavours
           to
           shew
           his
           Opinion
           to
           be
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Laws
           of
           this
           Land.
           In
           a
           Letter
           to
           a
           Friend
           .
           4
           
             o
          
           ;
        
      
       
         
         
           The
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Pauls's
           SERMON
           BEFORE
           THE
           QUEEN
           ,
           On
           the
           
             12th
          
           of
           
             February
             ,
          
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           before
           the
           QUEEN
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           
             February
          
           the
           XII
           
             th
             ,
          
           1691
           /
           2.
           
        
         
           By
           WILLIAM
           SHERLOCK
           ,
           D.
           D.
           Dean
           of
           St.
           
           Paul's
           ,
           Master
           of
           the
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           Their
           MAJESTIES
           .
        
         
           
             Published
             by
             Her
             Majesty's
             special
             Command
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             William
             Rogers
             ,
          
           at
           the
           
             Sun
          
           over-against
           St.
           
           Dunstan's
           Church
           ,
           in
           
             Fleetstreet
             .
          
           1692.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           HER
           MAJESTY
           At
           
             WHITE-HALL
             ,
             Febr.
          
           12.
           1691
           
           /
           2.
           
        
         
           
             IV.
             MATT.
             1.
             
          
           
             
               Then
               was
               Iesus
               led
               up
               of
               the
               Spirit
               into
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               to
               be
               tempted
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
            
          
        
         
           THE
           Temptation
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           after
           his
           fasting
           Forty
           Days
           ,
           is
           a
           very
           proper
           Subject
           for
           our
           Meditation
           at
           this
           time
           ;
           and
           suggests
           so
           many
           useful
           observations
           ,
           that
           I
           shall
           not
           wast
           any
           time
           in
           a
           needless
           Preface
           ;
           but
           shall
           1.
           
           Consider
           in
           general
           ,
           what
           concerns
           his
           Temptation
           ;
           and
           2.
           
           Explain
           the
           Nature
           of
           those
           particular
           
           Temptations
           wherewith
           the
           Devil
           assaulted
           him
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           general
           ,
           Concerning
           our
           Saviour's
           being
           tempted
           by
           the
           Devil
           :
           Now
           to
           tempt
           ,
           is
           to
           make
           a
           Tryal
           and
           Experiment
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           Devil
           tempts
           ,
           it
           is
           to
           try
           ,
           if
           he
           can
           perswade
           ,
           or
           seduce
           us
           from
           the
           Fear
           ,
           and
           Worship
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           1.
           
           Now
           in
           the
           first
           place
           it
           is
           very
           observable
           ,
           that
           Christ
           himself
           ,
           when
           he
           became
           Man
           ,
           was
           tempted
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           greater
           mystery
           in
           this
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           was
           liable
           to
           hunger
           and
           cold
           ,
           and
           had
           all
           the
           innocent
           Appetites
           ,
           Inclinations
           ,
           Infirmities
           of
           Human
           nature
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           was
           a
           true
           and
           real
           Man.
           The
           Ancients
           generally
           conclude
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           did
           not
           know
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           how
           great
           a
           Person
           our
           Saviour
           was
           ,
           even
           the
           Eternal
           Son
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           it
           is
           hardly
           credible
           ,
           that
           had
           he
           known
           this
           ,
           he
           would
           have
           made
           so
           vain
           and
           hopeless
           an
           attempt
           on
           him
           :
           It
           is
           likely
           enough
           ,
           he
           thought
           him
           to
           be
           some
           extraordinary
           person
           ;
           He
           knew
           by
           the
           Ancient
           Prophecies
           ,
           that
           the
           
             Messias
          
           was
           to
           appear
           ;
           and
           knew
           from
           the
           Prophet
           
             Daniel
             ,
          
           that
           the
           time
           for
           his
           coming
           was
           accomplished
           ;
           nay
           ,
           it
           is
           probable
           ,
           he
           knew
           all
           the
           circumstances
           of
           his
           Birth
           ,
           and
           
           heard
           that
           testimony
           God
           gave
           him
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             beloved
             Son
             ;
          
           but
           he
           saw
           he
           was
           a
           Man
           ,
           though
           an
           extraordinary
           Man
           ;
           and
           might
           not
           know
           that
           he
           was
           any
           thing
           more
           ;
           and
           having
           formerly
           foiled
           our
           first
           Parents
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           in
           the
           State
           of
           innocence
           ,
           hoped
           for
           the
           like
           success
           again
           .
        
         
           Now
           if
           Christ
           himself
           was
           tempted
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           none
           of
           us
           must
           hope
           to
           escape
           ;
           tempted
           we
           shall
           be
           ,
           and
           therefore
           must
           take
           care
           to
           stand
           upon
           our
           guard
           ,
           and
           to
           fortify
           our
           Minds
           against
           all
           temptations
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           encouragement
           we
           have
           from
           the
           example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           to
           be
           tempted
           is
           no
           Sin
           ,
           unless
           we
           yield
           to
           a
           temptation
           ;
           for
           He
           was
           tempted
           as
           we
           are
           ,
           yet
           without
           sin
           ;
           and
           we
           cannot
           imagine
           ,
           had
           it
           been
           a
           sin
           to
           be
           tempted
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           have
           permitted
           the
           Devil
           to
           have
           tempted
           our
           Saviour
           ;
           which
           may
           ease
           the
           fears
           of
           some
           Melancholly
           Christians
           ,
           who
           are
           afflicted
           with
           evil
           and
           tempting
           thoughts
           which
           their
           Souls
           abhor
           ;
           for
           whatever
           the
           cause
           of
           such
           thoughts
           be
           ,
           whether
           a
           frighted
           and
           disturbed
           imagination
           ,
           or
           the
           suggestion
           of
           wicked
           Spirits
           ,
           they
           can
           no
           more
           defile
           the
           Soul
           ,
           which
           abhors
           and
           rejects
           them
           with
           grief
           and
           indignation
           ,
           than
           they
           can
           
           the
           Paper
           ,
           on
           which
           they
           are
           writ
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           hence
           we
           learn
           ,
           that
           God
           many
           times
           exercises
           those
           with
           the
           greatest
           and
           most
           difficult
           Tryals
           and
           Temptations
           ,
           who
           are
           most
           dear
           to
           him
           .
           He
           had
           no
           sooner
           proclaimed
           Christ
           his
           beloved
           Son
           ,
           in
           whom
           he
           was
           well
           pleased
           ,
           but
           he
           leads
           him
           by
           the
           Spirit
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           to
           be
           tempted
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           This
           Life
           is
           a
           State
           of
           Tryal
           and
           Probation
           ;
           and
           Temptations
           ,
           though
           they
           create
           some
           trouble
           and
           difficulty
           to
           good
           men
           ,
           yet
           do
           them
           no
           hurt
           .
           If
           good
           Men
           Conquer
           ,
           Temptations
           do
           but
           exercise
           ,
           encrease
           ,
           and
           confirm
           their
           Graces
           ,
           and
           make
           them
           great
           and
           illustrious
           examples
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           glorify
           the
           Divine
           Power
           in
           the
           Victories
           and
           Triumphs
           of
           his
           Servants
           ,
           over
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           ;
           give
           them
           a
           secure
           hope
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           a
           transporting
           sense
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           and
           prepare
           great
           rewards
           for
           them
           in
           the
           next
           Life
           .
           And
           if
           they
           happen
           in
           any
           particular
           encounter
           to
           be
           overcome
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           himself
           was
           ,
           when
           he
           denied
           his
           Master
           ;
           yet
           they
           rise
           again
           with
           glory
           ,
           and
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           shame
           of
           a
           defeat
           ,
           fills
           them
           with
           sorrow
           ,
           indignation
           ,
           self-revenge
           ,
           gives
           them
           new
           spirit
           ,
           vigour
           ,
           activity
           ,
           resolution
           ,
           makes
           them
           more
           patient
           of
           hardships
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           
           more
           unwearied
           in
           doing
           good
           ,
           more
           humble
           and
           modest
           ,
           and
           more
           perfectly
           resigned
           to
           the
           Will
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           dispose
           of
           them
           and
           their
           Services
           to
           his
           own
           Glory
           ,
           as
           he
           pleases
           .
        
         
           God
           does
           not
           train
           up
           those
           whom
           he
           Loves
           ,
           and
           whom
           he
           prepares
           for
           Glory
           ,
           in
           ease
           and
           softness
           ;
           
             Whom
             the
             Lord
             loveth
             he
             chastneth
             ;
             and
             scourgeth
             every
             son
             whom
             he
             receiveth
             :
          
           And
           the
           more
           difficult
           Temptations
           he
           exposes
           us
           to
           ,
           the
           greater
           honour
           he
           does
           us
           ;
           the
           more
           glorious
           will
           our
           Triumphs
           ,
           the
           richer
           and
           brighter
           will
           our
           Crowns
           be
           .
           Let
           us
           then
           behold
           our
           Saviour
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           separated
           from
           human
           conversation
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           comforts
           of
           Life
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           wild
           Beasts
           and
           tempting
           Spirits
           ,
           and
           not
           think
           ,
           that
           God
           uses
           us
           hardly
           ,
           if
           at
           any
           time
           he
           lets
           loose
           the
           Tempter
           upon
           us
           ,
           and
           gives
           him
           power
           over
           all
           we
           have
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           in
           the
           Case
           of
           
             Job
             ,
          
           to
           afflict
           us
           in
           our
           Relations
           ,
           our
           Bodies
           ,
           our
           Estates
           ,
           good
           Names
           ,
           or
           whatever
           gives
           us
           the
           sharpest
           and
           keenest
           sense
           of
           suffering
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           most
           difficult
           exercise
           of
           our
           Faith.
           
        
         
           2.
           
           Let
           us
           consider
           the
           time
           ,
           when
           our
           Saviour
           was
           tempted
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           immediately
           after
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           
             being
             full
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           4.
           
           Luke
           .
           1.
           
        
         
         
           1.
           
           As
           soon
           as
           our
           Saviour
           was
           baptized
           ,
           he
           was
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           .
           For
           
             Then
          
           in
           my
           Text
           relates
           to
           the
           time
           of
           his
           Baptism
           ;
           and
           St.
           
             Luke
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           this
           was
           done
           in
           his
           return
           from
           
             Jordan
             ,
          
           where
           he
           was
           baptized
           by
           
             John.
             
          
        
         
           By
           this
           Religious
           Rite
           ,
           our
           Saviour
           had
           devoted
           himself
           to
           the
           immediate
           service
           of
           God
           in
           the
           Salvation
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           was
           inaugurated
           into
           his
           Prophetick
           Office
           ,
           by
           that
           Testimony
           which
           was
           given
           to
           him
           by
           a
           Voice
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           
             This
             is
             my
             beloved
             Son
             in
             whom
             I
             am
             well
             pleased
             ;
          
           and
           this
           was
           the
           Critical
           time
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Devil
           to
           tempt
           ,
           and
           for
           our
           Saviour
           to
           baffle
           all
           his
           temptations
           ,
           and
           to
           triumph
           over
           him
           .
        
         
           Could
           the
           Devil
           have
           conquered
           our
           Saviour
           in
           this
           first
           assault
           ,
           there
           had
           been
           an
           end
           of
           this
           Glorions
           design
           of
           mans
           Salvation
           ,
           when
           he
           had
           enslaved
           and
           captivated
           the
           Saviour
           himself
           ;
           and
           therefore
           he
           began
           as
           early
           with
           the
           second
           
             Adam
             ,
          
           as
           he
           did
           with
           the
           first
           ,
           though
           not
           with
           the
           like
           success
           .
           Had
           our
           first
           Parents
           resisted
           the
           first
           temptation
           ,
           we
           had
           been
           happy
           for
           ever
           ;
           but
           they
           yielded
           and
           brought
           death
           upon
           themselves
           and
           their
           Posterity
           ;
           but
           the
           seed
           of
           the
           Woman
           ,
           whom
           God
           had
           promised
           ,
           should
           break
           the
           Serpents
           Head
           ,
           who
           
             was
             made
             
             manifest
             to
             destroy
             the
             works
             ,
          
           the
           Kingdom
           and
           the
           Power
           
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           by
           God's
           order
           and
           appointment
           ,
           first
           encounters
           him
           in
           his
           own
           person
           ,
           resists
           his
           most
           furious
           assaults
           ,
           makes
           him
           retreat
           with
           shame
           and
           despair
           ,
           as
           foreseeing
           his
           own
           destiny
           ,
           and
           the
           final
           destruction
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           .
           As
           the
           old
           Serpent
           seduced
           our
           first
           Parents
           in
           Paradice
           ,
           and
           brought
           sin
           and
           misery
           ,
           and
           death
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           so
           it
           was
           very
           fitting
           that
           the
           Saviour
           of
           Mankind
           should
           give
           the
           first
           proof
           of
           his
           Divine
           Power
           in
           conquering
           the
           Tempter
           .
        
         
           This
           gives
           us
           great
           encouragement
           to
           fight
           under
           Christ's
           Banners
           against
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           ;
           for
           the
           Captain
           of
           our
           Salvation
           has
           already
           conquered
           ,
           and
           if
           we
           are
           not
           wanting
           to
           our selves
           ,
           we
           
             shall
             be
             more
             than
             Conquerors
             through
             Christ
             who
             strengthens
             us
             .
          
        
         
           He
           knows
           what
           the
           power
           of
           temptations
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           measures
           of
           Grace
           are
           necessary
           to
           resist
           them
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           do
           not
           forsake
           him
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           forsake
           us
           .
           He
           has
           conquered
           himself
           ,
           and
           knows
           how
           to
           conquer
           ;
           and
           if
           we
           faithfully
           adhere
           to
           him
           ,
           we
           shall
           conquer
           too
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           in
           case
           we
           should
           some
           time
           be
           conquered
           ,
           this
           has
           made
           him
           
             a
             merciful
             and
             compassionate
             High
             Priest
             ,
             being
             in
             all
             things
             tempted
             like
             
             as
             we
             are
             :
          
           He
           knows
           the
           weakness
           of
           humane
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           power
           and
           subtilty
           of
           the
           Tempter
           ,
           and
           prays
           for
           us
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           for
           St.
           
             Peter
             ,
             That
             our
             faith
             fail
             not
             ;
          
           that
           if
           we
           fall
           ,
           we
           may
           rise
           again
           by
           Repentance
           :
           And
           this
           is
           a
           mighty
           Consolation
           ,
           
             That
             if
             any
             man
             sin
             ,
             we
             have
             an
             Advocate
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             Iesus
             Christ
             the
             righteous
             ,
          
           who
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Propitiation
           for
           our
           Sins
           ,
           but
           was
           tempted
           also
           ,
           as
           we
           are
           .
        
         
           
             2ly
             .
          
           St.
           
             Luke
          
           observes
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           was
           
             full
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
          
           (
           which
           he
           received
           without
           measure
           at
           his
           Baptism
           ,
           when
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           descended
           like
           a
           Dove
           ,
           and
           rested
           on
           him
           )
           before
           he
           was
           led
           by
           the
           Spirit
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           to
           be
           tempted
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           For
           Human
           Nature
           (
           and
           it
           was
           the
           Human
           Nature
           of
           Christ
           on
           which
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           descended
           )
           cannot
           resist
           such
           powerful
           Assaults
           without
           Divine
           Assistances
           .
           And
           the
           Example
           of
           our
           Saviour
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           not
           expose
           us
           to
           any
           Temptations
           ,
           without
           giving
           us
           proportionable
           measures
           of
           Grace
           to
           resist
           them
           :
           That
           if
           we
           are
           at
           any
           time
           conquered
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           for
           want
           of
           power
           ,
           but
           for
           want
           of
           will
           to
           conquer
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           fault
           is
           wholly
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           we
           cannot
           blame
           God
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           doubt
           ,
           there
           are
           few
           men
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           
           the
           Devil
           (
           had
           he
           the
           full
           power
           of
           tempting
           )
           could
           find
           out
           some
           Temptations
           too
           big
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           the
           Divine
           Goodness
           is
           seen
           ,
           as
           well
           in
           restraining
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           not
           be
           tempted
           above
           what
           we
           are
           able
           to
           bear
           ,
           as
           by
           the
           strengthning
           our
           minds
           by
           the
           internal
           Assistances
           of
           his
           Grace
           ;
           and
           therefore
           our
           Saviour
           has
           taught
           us
           to
           pray
           ,
           
             Lead
             us
             not
             into
             temptation
             ,
             but
             deliver
             us
             from
             evil
             ,
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           from
           the
           wicked
           One
           ,
           which
           does
           not
           signify
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           never
           be
           tempted
           ,
           which
           is
           impossible
           ,
           while
           we
           live
           in
           Bodies
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           and
           are
           incompassed
           with
           all
           the
           Flattering
           Objects
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Sense
           ;
           but
           that
           God
           would
           not
           give
           us
           up
           into
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           be
           tempted
           above
           what
           we
           are
           able
           .
        
         
           Some
           of
           the
           Ancients
           observe
           from
           this
           Story
           ,
           That
           when
           we
           devote
           and
           consecrate
           our selves
           to
           God
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           to
           be
           tempted
           as
           our
           Saviour
           was
           :
           As
           for
           bad
           men
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           Slaves
           and
           Vassals
           of
           the
           Devil
           ,
           he
           cannot
           so
           properly
           be
           said
           to
           tempt
           ,
           as
           to
           govern
           them
           ;
           for
           
             he
             is
             the
             Spirit
             that
             worketh
             in
             the
             Children
             of
             disobedience
             :
          
           but
           when
           men
           desert
           his
           Service
           ,
           he
           is
           very
           busie
           to
           recover
           his
           Slaves
           again
           ;
           but
           then
           our
           comfort
           and
           security
           too
           ,
           is
           ,
           That
           
           when
           we
           give
           up
           our selves
           to
           the
           Service
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           takes
           us
           into
           his
           protection
           ;
           the
           wicked
           One
           cannot
           touch
           us
           without
           his
           leave
           ,
           and
           he
           always
           proportions
           our
           Trials
           to
           our
           Strength
           .
        
         
           
             3dly
             ,
          
           Consider
           the
           Place
           of
           our
           Saviour's
           Temptation
           :
           
             He
             was
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             into
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
          
           where
           there
           were
           no
           tempting
           Objects
           ,
           but
           yet
           there
           the
           temping
           Spirit
           found
           him
           .
        
         
           Some
           men
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           surest
           way
           to
           get
           rid
           of
           Temptations
           ,
           is
           to
           get
           out
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           to
           withdraw
           themselves
           from
           Human
           Conversation
           ;
           or
           to
           make
           a
           shew
           of
           doing
           it
           ,
           without
           doing
           it
           ;
           as
           if
           the
           Devil
           could
           not
           follow
           them
           into
           a
           Desert
           ,
           or
           a
           Cell
           .
           While
           we
           live
           in
           Bodies
           of
           Flesh
           and
           Blood
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           tempted
           where-ever
           we
           are
           :
           If
           we
           mortify
           our
           Sensual
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           our
           love
           to
           this
           World
           ,
           we
           may
           live
           very
           innocently
           in
           the
           World
           ;
           if
           we
           do
           not
           ,
           we
           can
           never
           get
           rid
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           but
           where-ever
           we
           go
           ,
           we
           carry
           it
           in
           our
           hearts
           .
        
         
           Do
           these
           men
           imagine
           ,
           they
           can
           never
           be
           tempted
           to
           lust
           ,
           unless
           they
           daily
           see
           and
           converse
           with
           beautiful
           Women
           ?
           or
           that
           they
           cannot
           love
           the
           World
           without
           living
           in
           a
           Court
           ,
           and
           enjoying
           
           all
           the
           ease
           and
           luxury
           of
           a
           plentiful
           Fortune
           ?
           or
           that
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           to
           despise
           the
           World
           with
           as
           much
           haughtiness
           and
           vanity
           of
           mind
           ,
           as
           any
           Man
           has
           ,
           who
           most
           admires
           it
           ?
           That
           a
           Monk
           can't
           be
           as
           proud
           as
           an
           Emperor
           ,
           and
           glory
           as
           much
           in
           a
           sullen
           Retirement
           ,
           in
           Voluntary
           Austerities
           ,
           in
           an
           Affected
           Poverty
           ,
           in
           a
           Vain
           Opinion
           of
           extraordinary
           Sanctity
           ,
           as
           any
           Man
           can
           do
           in
           Wealth
           and
           Power
           ?
           Whence
           came
           all
           those
           Superstitions
           ,
           which
           have
           corrupted
           both
           the
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           done
           more
           mischief
           to
           the
           Church
           and
           Religion
           ,
           than
           all
           the
           looseness
           of
           a
           Secular
           Life
           ,
           but
           from
           Desarts
           and
           the
           Cells
           of
           Monks
           and
           Hermites
           ?
           Which
           proves
           that
           the
           Devil
           has
           his
           Temptations
           for
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           Court
           ;
           for
           the
           most
           Religious
           Devotees
           ,
           and
           Melancholly
           Enthusiasts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           Men
           of
           this
           World
           ;
           and
           those
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Temptations
           too
           ;
           which
           as
           experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           open
           a
           back-door
           for
           Pride
           and
           Ambition
           ,
           and
           Secular
           Power
           ,
           and
           a
           general
           corruption
           of
           Manners
           to
           enter
           into
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           into
           the
           Lives
           of
           Christians
           :
           And
           therefore
           we
           must
           guard
           our selves
           against
           the
           Tempter
           as
           well
           in
           our
           greatest
           solitudes
           and
           retirements
           from
           
           the
           World
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           croud
           of
           business
           .
           We
           must
           have
           a
           care
           of
           the
           temptations
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           Mortification
           ,
           of
           Fastings
           and
           Penances
           ,
           of
           a
           sullen
           discontent
           at
           this
           World
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           the
           temptations
           of
           a
           busie
           Life
           ,
           and
           of
           an
           easie
           and
           prosperous
           Fortune
           .
        
         
           
             4thly
             ,
          
           I
           observe
           ,
           That
           Christ
           
             was
             led
             by
             the
             Spirit
             into
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
          
           to
           be
           tempted
           of
           the
           Devil
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           It
           was
           God's
           appointment
           ,
           not
           his
           own
           voluntary
           choice
           .
           And
           this
           Teaches
           us
           manfully
           to
           resist
           Temptations
           ,
           when
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           unavoidable
           circumstances
           of
           our
           Condition
           bring
           us
           into
           Temptations
           ,
           but
           not
           presumptuously
           to
           thrust
           our selves
           into
           them
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           always
           danger
           in
           Temptations
           ,
           especially
           when
           we
           rashly
           venture
           upon
           them
           .
           
             Let
             not
             him
             that
             putteth
             on
             his
             Armour
             ,
             boast
             ,
             as
             he
             that
             putteth
             it
             off
             ,
          
           is
           true
           in
           our
           Spiritual
           Warfare
           .
           We
           have
           seen
           great
           Men
           conquered
           ,
           even
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           himself
           ;
           and
           therefore
           
             Let
             him
             that
             thinketh
             he
             standeth
             ,
             take
             heed
             lest
             he
             fall
             ,
          
           and
           not
           unnecessarily
           venture
           too
           near
           a
           Precipice
           ,
           where
           he
           may
           be
           in
           danger
           of
           falling
           .
        
         
         
           Our
           Saviour
           has
           taught
           us
           to
           pray
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           not
           lead
           us
           into
           Temptation
           ,
           as
           I
           observed
           before
           ;
           much
           less
           then
           ought
           we
           to
           lead
           our selves
           into
           Temptation
           .
           We
           may
           easily
           presume
           too
           far
           upon
           the
           Strength
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           our
           Courage
           ,
           our
           Resolution
           ,
           as
           St.
           
             Peter
          
           did
           ,
           who
           had
           he
           been
           more
           diffident
           of
           himself
           ,
           had
           kept
           out
           of
           the
           High-Priest's
           Hall
           ,
           and
           escaped
           the
           Temptation
           ,
           which
           he
           could
           not
           resist
           .
        
         
           We
           daily
           see
           ,
           that
           Men
           who
           presume
           upon
           the
           Strength
           of
           their
           Constitution
           ,
           and
           use
           their
           Bodies
           ill
           ,
           destroy
           their
           Health
           ,
           and
           shorten
           their
           Lives
           ,
           while
           Men
           who
           feel
           their
           own
           weak
           and
           crazy
           Temper
           ,
           live
           on
           with
           Care
           to
           a
           good
           Old
           Age
           ;
           and
           thus
           it
           is
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           Mind
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           the
           Body
           :
           Presumption
           will
           destroy
           those
           ,
           whom
           Fear
           and
           Caution
           will
           secure
           ;
           and
           therefore
           ,
           
             let
             us
             not
             be
             high-minded
             ,
             but
             fear
             .
          
        
         
           There
           are
           a
           great
           many
           ways
           ,
           whereby
           Men
           expose
           themselves
           to
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           tempt
           even
           the
           Tempter
           ;
           some
           of
           which
           are
           very
           obvious
           :
           As
           to
           keep
           Ill
           Company
           ,
           whose
           Conversation
           is
           a
           daily
           Temptation
           :
           Sloth
           and
           Idleness
           ,
           which
           betrays
           Men
           to
           any
           Wickedness
           ,
           which
           offers
           itself
           :
           For
           it
           is
           an
           uneasie
           thing
           to
           have
           nothing
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           that
           itself
           is
           a
           Temptation
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Devil
           never
           wants
           Business
           to
           employ
           such
           Men
           in
           ;
           and
           I
           know
           nothing
           worse
           than
           this
           ,
           but
           when
           Men
           choose
           such
           Business
           ,
           as
           is
           nothing
           else
           but
           Idleness
           and
           Vanity
           ,
           or
           can
           only
           minister
           to
           their
           own
           ,
           or
           to
           other
           Mens
           Lusts.
           
        
         
           But
           there
           are
           other
           ways
           ,
           whereby
           Men
           thrust
           themselves
           into
           Temptations
           ,
           without
           considering
           what
           they
           do
           .
           I
           might
           name
           many
           ,
           but
           shall
           content
           myself
           with
           some
           few
           at
           present
           ,
           which
           are
           least
           observed
           ,
           and
           which
           prove
           Snares
           to
           good
           Men
           ;
           as
           for
           instance
           :
           To
           impose
           upon
           our selves
           constant
           Tasks
           of
           Religion
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           Read
           and
           Pray
           so
           much
           ,
           and
           so
           often
           every
           Day
           ,
           and
           observe
           voluntary
           Fasts
           ,
           and
           abstain
           from
           such
           innocent
           Diversions
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           which
           Men
           commonly
           resolve
           in
           some
           great
           Heats
           and
           Fits
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           which
           they
           fancy
           will
           continue
           in
           the
           same
           fervour
           ,
           but
           never
           do
           ;
           and
           then
           these
           Tasks
           grow
           very
           uneasie
           ,
           as
           every
           thing
           of
           Religion
           does
           ,
           when
           it
           grows
           a
           Task
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           degenerate
           into
           dulness
           and
           formality
           ,
           and
           then
           Men
           either
           leave
           them
           off
           ,
           and
           with
           that
           are
           tempted
           to
           leave
           off
           Religion
           itself
           ;
           or
           they
           are
           so
           very
           cold
           ,
           that
           they
           fancy
           themselves
           spiritually
           dead
           ,
           and
           fall
           into
           Melancholly
           ,
           into
           Desentions
           ,
           into
           Despair
           itself
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           a
           dangerous
           thing
           for
           Men
           by
           rash
           and
           arbitrary
           Vows
           ,
           to
           tye
           themselves
           up
           from
           doing
           that
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           they
           might
           very
           innocently
           do
           ,
           and
           which
           they
           will
           be
           strongly
           tempted
           to
           do
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           vowed
           not
           to
           do
           it
           .
           The
           Guides
           of
           Souls
           know
           ,
           that
           this
           is
           no
           imaginary
           Case
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           so
           often
           meet
           with
           ,
           and
           see
           such
           ill
           effects
           of
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           fit
           to
           warn
           Men
           of
           the
           snare
           .
           Were
           there
           no
           other
           reason
           against
           the
           Monkish
           Vows
           of
           Celibacy
           ,
           Poverty
           ,
           and
           Obedience
           ,
           I
           should
           think
           this
           sufficient
           ,
           that
           considered
           only
           as
           perpetual
           Vows
           ,
           they
           are
           a
           dangerous
           State
           of
           Temptation
           ;
           and
           for
           my
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           would
           never
           advise
           any
           Man
           to
           make
           a
           perpetual
           Vow
           to
           do
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           do
           any
           thing
           ,
           which
           it
           is
           not
           perpetually
           his
           Duty
           to
           do
           ,
           or
           not
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           Thus
           to
           marry
           with
           Persons
           of
           a
           disagreeable
           Age
           ,
           or
           a
           disagreeable
           Humour
           ,
           or
           a
           contrary
           Religion
           ,
           is
           to
           put
           our selves
           into
           a
           state
           of
           Temptation
           ;
           but
           such
           particular
           Instances
           would
           be
           endless
           ,
           and
           therefore
           I
           forbear
        
         
           If
           God
           lead
           us
           into
           Temptation
           ,
           he
           will
           give
           us
           sufficient
           strength
           to
           resist
           ,
           if
           we
           improve
           his
           Grace
           ;
           if
           we
           lead
           our selves
           into
           Temptation
           ,
           and
           God
           leave
           us
           to
           the
           power
           and
           subtilty
           
           of
           the
           Tempter
           ,
           the
           sin
           and
           the
           folly
           is
           our
           own
           .
        
         
           
             5thly
             ,
          
           I
           observe
           by
           what
           means
           our
           Saviour
           conquered
           the
           Devil's
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           by
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           :
           
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             Man
             shall
             not
             live
             by
             bread
             alone
             .
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             tempt
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God.
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             worship
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             only
             shalt
             thou
             serve
             .
          
           These
           are
           such
           Answers
           ,
           as
           would
           admit
           of
           no
           Reply
           ;
           for
           the
           Authority
           of
           God
           can
           never
           be
           answered
           .
        
         
           And
           thus
           we
           must
           conquer
           also
           ,
           if
           ever
           we
           will
           conquer
           ,
           by
           a
           firm
           Faith
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           Belief
           of
           his
           Word
           :
           Faith
           is
           our
           Shield
           ,
           and
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           is
           the
           Sword
           of
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           no
           other
           fure
           Defence
           against
           all
           Temptations
           .
        
         
           This
           ruined
           our
           first
           Parents
           in
           Paradise
           ,
           when
           their
           Reason
           and
           Natural
           Powers
           ,
           were
           in
           their
           greatest
           Vigour
           ,
           Perfection
           ,
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           that
           instead
           of
           insisting
           on
           God's
           Authority
           ,
           they
           ventured
           to
           reason
           the
           Case
           with
           the
           Tempter
           .
           Set
           aside
           the
           Authority
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           will
           quickly
           out-wit
           ,
           and
           out-reason
           us
           ;
           he
           is
           skilled
           in
           all
           the
           Arts
           of
           Deceit
           ,
           and
           
           Methods
           of
           Perswasions
           ,
           and
           without
           God's
           Authority
           ,
           our
           Courage
           ,
           our
           Resolution
           ,
           our
           Honour
           ,
           out
           Reason
           itself
           ,
           even
           all
           the
           Rants
           and
           triumphant
           Speculations
           of
           Philosophy
           ,
           will
           fail
           us
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           Trial
           :
           to
           Tempt
           ,
           is
           either
           to
           deceive
           ,
           or
           to
           perswade
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           other
           secure
           defence
           against
           either
           ,
           but
           the
           Authority
           ,
           and
           the
           Word
           of
           God.
           The
           wisest
           Reasoner
           may
           be
           imposed
           on
           by
           so
           artificial
           a
           Tempter
           ;
           but
           God
           can
           neither
           deceive
           ,
           nor
           be
           deceived
           ,
           and
           then
           while
           we
           believe
           God
           ,
           and
           have
           regard
           to
           his
           Commands
           ,
           we
           cannot
           be
           deceived
           neither
           :
           And
           what
           is
           able
           to
           resist
           all
           the
           Terrours
           and
           Flatteries
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Flesh
           ,
           but
           the
           Authority
           of
           that
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           our
           Maker
           ,
           and
           our
           Judge
           ?
           What
           insignificant
           Names
           are
           Vertue
           and
           Vice
           ,
           how
           weak
           and
           feeble
           is
           the
           sence
           of
           Decency
           and
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           Dignity
           of
           Human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           Life
           of
           Reason
           (
           after
           we
           have
           read
           or
           writ
           so
           many
           Volumes
           about
           it
           )
           when
           we
           feel
           the
           soft
           Charms
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           our
           Eyes
           are
           filled
           with
           visible
           Glories
           ?
           Who
           would
           not
           part
           with
           a
           fine
           Thought
           or
           two
           ,
           with
           some
           pretty
           Notions
           of
           Moral
           Beauty
           ,
           and
           Intellectual
           Pleasures
           ,
           for
           a
           Happiness
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           and
           felt
           ?
           But
           the
           Authority
           of
           
             GOD
             ,
          
           the
           
           firm
           belief
           of
           his
           Promises
           and
           Threatnings
           ,
           the
           hopes
           and
           fears
           of
           another
           World
           ,
           are
           beyond
           all
           other
           Perswasions
           ,
           unless
           any
           thing
           can
           perswade
           a
           Man
           to
           be
           eternally
           miserable
           .
        
         
           This
           may
           suffice
           to
           be
           spoke
           in
           General
           ,
           concerning
           our
           Saviours
           Temptation
           ;
           we
           come
           now
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           II.
           The
           particular
           Temptation
           ,
           wherewith
           our
           Saviour
           was
           Assaulted
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           Three
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           First
           was
           to
           relieve
           his
           Hunger
           ,
           after
           his
           long
           fasting
           by
           working
           a
           Miracle
           :
           
             And
             when
             the
             Tempter
             came
             to
             him
             ,
             he
             said
             ,
             if
             thou
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             command
             that
             these
             stones
             be
             made
             bread
             .
          
        
         
           This
           was
           a
           very
           artificial
           Temptation
           ,
           which
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           none
           but
           Christ
           himself
           would
           have
           been
           aware
           of
           :
           For
           what
           hurt
           was
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           to
           work
           a
           Miracle
           ?
           What
           hurt
           was
           it
           for
           a
           Man
           ,
           who
           was
           Hungry
           to
           relieve
           his
           Hunger
           ?
           For
           here
           was
           no
           Temptation
           to
           excess
           ,
           but
           to
           satisfie
           the
           necessities
           of
           Nature
           :
           What
           hurt
           was
           it
           for
           him
           ,
           who
           afterwards
           fed
           so
           many
           Thousands
           by
           Miracles
           ,
           in
           this
           great
           Distress
           ,
           to
           have
           wrought
           a
           Miracle
           to
           satisfie
           his
           own
           Hunger
           ?
           This
           was
           very
           Plausible
           ,
           and
           looked
           like
           very
           charitable
           Advice
           ,
           but
           yet
           there
           was
           a
           secret
           Snare
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           
             1st
             ,
          
           For
           this
           was
           made
           a
           Trial
           ,
           whether
           he
           
           were
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           or
           not
           ,
           
             If
             thou
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             command
             that
             these
             stones
             be
             made
             bread
             :
          
           Now
           had
           he
           complied
           with
           this
           ,
           it
           had
           argued
           a
           distrust
           of
           his
           Relation
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Love
           of
           his
           Father
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           a
           Temptation
           to
           Sin.
           Thus
           the
           Tempter
           dealt
           with
           our
           first
           Parents
           ,
           made
           them
           jealous
           of
           God's
           good
           Intentions
           towards
           them
           ,
           and
           by
           that
           Tempted
           them
           to
           Disobedience
           .
           
             The
             Serpent
             said
             unto
             the
             Woman
             ,
             ye
             shall
             not
             surely
             die
             .
             For
             God
             knoweth
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             day
             ye
             eat
             thereof
             ,
             then
             your
             eyes
             shall
             be
             opened
             ,
             and
             ye
             shall
             be
             as
             Gods
             ,
             knowing
             good
             and
             evil
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           God
           envies
           your
           Happiness
           ,
           and
           therefore
           has
           forbid
           you
           to
           Eat
           of
           the
           Tree
           of
           Knowledge
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil.
           
        
         
           Thus
           the
           Devil
           suggested
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           great
           reason
           to
           Question
           ,
           whether
           he
           were
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           destitute
           of
           all
           the
           Comforts
           and
           Supports
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           after
           forty
           Days
           Fasting
           ,
           had
           nothing
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           to
           Eat
           ,
           unless
           he
           would
           turn
           Stones
           into
           Bread.
           
        
         
           And
           though
           this
           part
           of
           the
           Temptation
           our
           Saviour
           takes
           no
           notice
           of
           in
           his
           Answer
           ,
           but
           scorns
           it
           ;
           yet
           we
           find
           it
           makes
           a
           very
           powerful
           Impression
           upon
           other
           Men
           ,
           who
           are
           apt
           to
           measure
           God's
           Love
           or
           Hatred
           by
           
           present
           things
           ;
           when
           they
           are
           Prosperous
           ,
           they
           conclude
           they
           are
           the
           Favorites
           of
           Heaven
           ;
           when
           they
           are
           Afflicted
           and
           meet
           with
           cross
           Events
           ,
           then
           God
           is
           angry
           with
           them
           and
           has
           forsaken
           them
           :
           And
           though
           this
           argues
           such
           a
           stupid
           Ignorance
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           that
           one
           would
           think
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           no
           Temptation
           to
           a
           Christian
           ,
           yet
           it
           is
           too
           Notorious
           ,
           that
           three
           parts
           of
           the
           Melancholy
           ,
           the
           Desertions
           ,
           nay
           despair
           of
           many
           Christians
           ,
           is
           owing
           to
           no
           other
           Cause
           :
           they
           think
           their
           Condition
           safe
           for
           the
           next
           World
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           Prosperous
           in
           this
           ,
           but
           as
           soon
           as
           the
           World
           begins
           to
           Frown
           they
           are
           irrecoverably
           Damned
           ;
           but
           would
           such
           men
           consider
           ,
           that
           our
           Saviour
           himself
           wanted
           Bread
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           place
           ,
           whereon
           to
           lay
           his
           Head
           ;
           it
           would
           cure
           these
           Desertions
           if
           there
           be
           no
           greater
           Guilt
           ,
           which
           a
           strait
           Fortune
           awakens
           the
           sense
           of
           ,
           which
           I
           doubt
           is
           too
           often
           the
           Case
           .
        
         
           
             2dly
             ,
          
           There
           was
           another
           Snare
           in
           this
           ,
           to
           perswade
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           necessities
           of
           Nature
           by
           extraordinary
           means
           ,
           without
           the
           immediate
           Direction
           and
           Command
           of
           God
           ;
           for
           this
           had
           been
           a
           distrust
           of
           God's
           Care
           and
           Providence
           ,
           to
           have
           relieved
           his
           own
           wants
           by
           preternatural
           and
           uncommanded
           Methods
           :
           
           And
           therefore
           to
           this
           he
           Answers
           ,
           
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             man
             shall
             not
             live
             by
             bread
             alone
             ,
             but
             by
             every
             word
             that
             proceedeth
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             God.
          
           That
           is
           ,
           Bread
           indeed
           is
           the
           ordinary
           Provision
           God
           has
           made
           for
           the
           support
           of
           Mans
           Life
           ,
           but
           when
           these
           ordinary
           and
           natural
           Provisions
           fail
           ,
           he
           has
           other
           ways
           to
           support
           Life
           ,
           as
           he
           fed
           the
           
             Israelites
          
           with
           Manna
           and
           Quails
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           Drink
           out
           of
           a
           Rock
           ,
           but
           then
           we
           must
           patiently
           and
           securely
           expect
           by
           what
           means
           God
           will
           provide
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           till
           the
           
             word
             proceed
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             ,
          
           till
           we
           have
           some
           particular
           Command
           and
           Direction
           for
           it
           ,
           we
           must
           take
           no
           Extraordinary
           ,
           Uncommanded
           ,
           much
           less
           Forbidden
           ways
           ,
           to
           preserve
           our
           Lives
           :
           for
           this
           is
           want
           of
           trust
           in
           God
           ,
           or
           want
           of
           Submission
           to
           his
           Will.
           Extream
           want
           and
           necessity
           is
           almost
           an
           irresistible
           Temptation
           to
           human
           Nature
           ,
           to
           distrust
           the
           ordinary
           Provisions
           of
           Providence
           ,
           and
           to
           provide
           for
           our selves
           by
           what
           means
           we
           can
           ;
           and
           to
           justifie
           what
           we
           do
           by
           such
           necessities
           :
           it
           requires
           a
           great
           degree
           of
           Faith
           and
           Trust
           in
           God
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           no
           Prospect
           of
           ordinary
           Succors
           ,
           patiently
           to
           expect
           God's
           Provision
           ,
           without
           going
           out
           of
           Gods
           way
           :
           But
           thus
           our
           Saviour
           was
           
           tempted
           ,
           and
           has
           taught
           us
           how
           to
           conquer
           this
           Temptation
           ,
           
             Man
             shall
             not
             live
             by
             bread
             alone
             ,
             but
             by
             every
             word
             which
             proceedeth
             out
             of
             the
             mouth
             of
             God
             :
          
           If
           Bread
           fail
           ,
           we
           must
           expect
           by
           what
           other
           means
           God
           will
           supply
           our
           Wants
           ,
           and
           not
           transgress
           those
           Laws
           God
           hath
           prescribed
           us
           ,
           how
           desperate
           soever
           our
           Condition
           seem
           to
           be
           .
        
         
           
             2dly
             ,
          
           The
           next
           Temptation
           is
           in
           the
           other
           extreme
           ,
           to
           presume
           so
           far
           upon
           his
           Interest
           in
           God's
           Favour
           and
           Protection
           ,
           as
           to
           make
           dangerous
           and
           vain-glorious
           Experiments
           of
           God's
           care
           :
           
             He
             set
             him
             upon
             a
             pinacle
             of
             the
             temple
             ,
             and
             said
             unto
             him
             ,
             If
             thou
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             cast
             thy self
             down
             :
             for
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             He
             shall
             give
             his
             angels
             charge
             concerning
             thee
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             hands
             they
             shall
             bear
             thee
             up
             ,
             lest
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             thou
             shouldst
             dash
             thy
             foot
             against
             the
             stone
             .
          
        
         
           When
           the
           Tempter
           perceived
           ,
           that
           Christ
           wholly
           relied
           on
           the
           Directions
           and
           Authority
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           he
           inforces
           his
           Temptation
           with
           Scripture
           too
           ,
           misunderstood
           and
           misapplied
           .
           And
           these
           are
           the
           most
           dangerous
           Temptations
           of
           all
           ,
           which
           impose
           upon
           Men
           with
           a
           shew
           of
           Religion
           ,
           as
           our
           late
           Experience
           of
           a
           wild
           Enthusiastic
           Age
           will
           tell
           us
           ;
           when
           nothing
           so
           
           bad
           could
           be
           thought
           of
           ,
           but
           some
           Men
           had
           Scripture-Examples
           ,
           or
           Precepts
           ,
           or
           Prophesies
           ,
           or
           Parables
           ,
           to
           justifie
           it
           ;
           and
           therefore
           we
           must
           be
           aware
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Arts
           and
           Stratagems
           of
           the
           Tempter
           .
        
         
           In
           answer
           to
           this
           our
           Saviour
           proves
           ,
           that
           this
           Text
           could
           not
           mean
           ,
           that
           God
           would
           command
           his
           Angels
           to
           bear
           him
           up
           in
           their
           hands
           ,
           if
           he
           should
           fling
           himself
           from
           the
           Pinacle
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           because
           we
           are
           expresly
           forbid
           ,
           to
           make
           such
           Experiments
           of
           God's
           Protection
           ,
           as
           this
           :
           
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             tempe
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God.
             
          
        
         
           To
           tempt
           is
           to
           try
           ,
           and
           to
           tempt
           God
           is
           to
           try
           what
           he
           will
           ,
           or
           can
           do
           for
           us
           ,
           beyond
           his
           Promise
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           ordinary
           Methods
           of
           his
           Providence
           ;
           especially
           when
           we
           either
           murmur
           against
           God
           ,
           for
           not
           answering
           our
           unreasonable
           demands
           ,
           or
           presume
           upon
           his
           favour
           to
           do
           that
           ,
           which
           he
           has
           forbid
           us
           to
           do
           ,
           or
           expect
           his
           Protection
           and
           Blessing
           ,
           when
           we
           put
           our selves
           out
           of
           the
           ordinary
           Protection
           of
           his
           Providence
           :
           it
           were
           easie
           ,
           had
           I
           time
           to
           give
           instances
           ,
           of
           all
           these
           ways
           of
           tempting
           God
           ;
           the
           Temptation
           of
           our
           Saviour
           concerns
           the
           last
           I
           mentioned
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           vain-glorious
           humour
           ,
           
           and
           a
           presumption
           of
           God's
           peculiar
           favour
           to
           us
           ,
           voluntarily
           without
           any
           reasonable
           pretence
           ,
           much
           less
           necessity
           ,
           to
           thrust
           ourselves
           into
           apparent
           and
           unavoidable
           Dangers
           ,
           and
           expect
           God
           should
           save
           us
           by
           Miracles
           :
           for
           this
           is
           what
           our
           Saviour
           was
           tempted
           to
           ,
           to
           fling
           himself
           down
           from
           the
           Pinacle
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           in
           a
           presumptuous
           confidence
           of
           God's
           care
           of
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           command
           his
           Angels
           to
           bear
           him
           up
           in
           their
           hands
           .
        
         
           This
           looks
           like
           Faith
           in
           
             God
             ,
          
           a
           plerephory
           of
           Hope
           ,
           and
           full
           assurance
           of
           his
           Love
           ,
           but
           indeed
           is
           Vanity
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           Insolence
           ,
           Presumption
           ,
           and
           a
           tempting
           of
           
             God.
          
           It
           is
           such
           an
           Affront
           and
           Indignity
           ,
           as
           wise
           Men
           will
           not
           bear
           from
           their
           best
           Friends
           ,
           when
           they
           impose
           upon
           them
           ,
           not
           to
           do
           them
           a
           real
           kindness
           ,
           but
           to
           gratifie
           their
           vanity
           and
           humour
           in
           such
           Demands
           ,
           as
           a
           wise
           Man
           cannot
           honourably
           grant
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           there
           is
           a
           more
           dangerous
           and
           fatal
           Presumption
           then
           this
           ,
           when
           men
           have
           such
           a
           strong
           Imagination
           of
           their
           being
           the
           Sons
           ,
           the
           Chosen
           and
           Elect
           People
           of
           God
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           they
           cannot
           do
           any
           thing
           to
           forfeit
           God's
           Love
           :
           they
           may
           make
           more
           bold
           with
           
           God's
           
           Laws
           then
           other
           Men
           ,
           for
           
             God
             sees
             no
             sin
             in
             his
             people
             ;
          
           nay
           indeed
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           no
           Sin
           to
           advance
           themselves
           ,
           and
           the
           Cause
           they
           have
           Espoused
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           the
           Glory
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           extraordinary
           means
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           transgressing
           all
           the
           known
           and
           ordinary
           Rules
           of
           Justice
           and
           Charity
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           dangerous
           Temptations
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           seen
           the
           miserable
           Effects
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           therefore
           let
           no
           man
           think
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           so
           great
           a
           favorite
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           as
           to
           have
           God
           at
           his
           beck
           to
           save
           him
           by
           Miracles
           ,
           when
           he
           wilfully
           exposes
           himself
           to
           such
           Dangers
           ,
           as
           nothing
           but
           Miracles
           can
           Deliver
           him
           from
           ;
           much
           less
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           alter
           the
           nature
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           that
           he
           will
           dispense
           with
           his
           Laws
           ,
           (
           Laws
           which
           are
           as
           Eternal
           and
           Unchangeable
           as
           his
           own
           Nature
           )
           when
           ever
           such
           vain
           Enthusiasts
           pretend
           to
           serve
           themselves
           ,
           and
           his
           Glory
           by
           the
           breach
           of
           them
           ,
           
             It
             is
             written
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             tempt
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God.
             
          
        
         
           3.
           
           These
           two
           Temptations
           were
           managed
           with
           great
           Art
           to
           deceive
           ,
           the
           third
           is
           open
           and
           bare-faced
           .
           The
           Devil
           in
           express
           words
           tempts
           him
           to
           Idolatry
           ,
           with
           the
           Promise
           of
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           
           them
           ;
           which
           he
           had
           drawn
           a
           beautiful
           Landskip
           of
           ,
           and
           shew'd
           him
           from
           a
           high
           Mountain
           :
           
             All
             these
             things
             will
             I
             give
             thee
             ,
             if
             thou
             wilt
             fall
             down
             and
             worship
             me
             :
          
           Or
           as
           St.
           
             Luke
          
           relates
           it
           :
           
             All
             this
             power
             will
             I
             give
             thee
             ,
             and
             the
             glory
             of
             them
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             delivered
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             to
             whomsoever
             I
             will
             ,
             I
             give
             it
             .
          
           Which
           in
           some
           sense
           was
           true
           at
           that
           time
           ;
           not
           that
           the
           Devil
           had
           the
           Supreme
           and
           Absolute
           disposal
           of
           Kingdoms
           ,
           for
           St.
           
             Paul
          
           assures
           us
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Powers
           even
           of
           the
           Pagan
           World
           ,
           were
           
             of
             God
             and
             ordained
             by
             God.
          
           But
           yet
           he
           
           was
           at
           that
           time
           the
           God
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           more
           visible
           Kingdom
           than
           God
           himself
           .
           The
           true
           Worshippers
           of
           God
           were
           at
           that
           time
           chiefly
           confined
           to
           
             Judea
             ,
          
           a
           very
           little
           spot
           of
           Earth
           ,
           but
           all
           the
           Power
           and
           Glory
           of
           the
           World
           was
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Idolaters
           ,
           who
           Worshipped
           the
           Devil
           and
           wicked
           Spirits
           :
           And
           the
           force
           of
           the
           Argument
           is
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           had
           said
           to
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           You
           call
           your self
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Worship
           him
           ,
           but
           will
           God
           do
           that
           for
           you
           ,
           which
           I
           can
           and
           will
           do
           ,
           if
           you
           Worship
           me
           :
           You
           your self
           see
           ,
           that
           he
           has
           no
           Kingdom
           but
           
             Judea
          
           to
           bestow
           on
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           also
           is
           at
           present
           in
           the
           Hands
           of
           my
           Worshippers
           ;
           but
           what
           is
           that
           to
           all
           the
           Kingdoms
           
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           which
           are
           at
           my
           disposal
           ,
           and
           which
           you
           see
           your self
           are
           mine
           and
           under
           my
           Government
           .
           But
           our
           Saviour
           without
           disputing
           the
           value
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           or
           what
           Power
           the
           Devil
           had
           in
           the
           disposal
           of
           it
           ,
           chides
           away
           the
           Tempter
           with
           Indignation
           ,
           be
           gone
           Satan
           ,
           
             For
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             worship
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             only
             shalt
             thou
             serve
             .
          
           But
           tho'
           Christ
           refused
           this
           proffer
           ,
           his
           pretended
           Vicar
           has
           taken
           it
           ,
           and
           revived
           the
           old
           Pagan
           Idolatry
           for
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           prevailing
           Temptation
           to
           this
           day
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           Religion
           ,
           the
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           of
           God
           for
           some
           temporal
           Advantages
           :
           too
           many
           Men
           think
           that
           the
           best
           Religion
           ,
           which
           will
           best
           serve
           a
           secular
           Interest
           ;
           And
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           too
           many
           do
           this
           ,
           and
           know
           what
           they
           do
           ;
           that
           their
           furious
           Zeal
           for
           a
           false
           Religion
           is
           not
           all
           Ignorance
           and
           Mistake
           ,
           but
           an
           undissembled
           Love
           of
           this
           World
           :
           For
           can
           we
           think
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           never
           tempted
           any
           Man
           but
           Christ
           ,
           knowingly
           and
           willingly
           to
           renounce
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           true
           Worship
           of
           God
           for
           this
           World
           ?
           No
           doubt
           he
           does
           ,
           and
           very
           often
           prevails
           too
           ;
           and
           these
           knowing
           Idolaters
           who
           make
           a
           downright
           
           bargain
           to
           Worship
           the
           Devil
           for
           the
           Kingdoms
           of
           the
           World
           and
           the
           Glory
           of
           them
           ,
           are
           those
           who
           abuse
           the
           Ignorant
           and
           Credulous
           with
           a
           false
           and
           hypocritical
           Zeal
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           remember
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           
             Worship
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             ,
             and
             him
             only
             must
             we
             serve
             :
          
           Let
           us
           remember
           what
           our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             What
             shall
             it
             profit
             a
             man
             ,
             if
             he
             gain
             the
             whole
             world
             and
             lose
             his
             own
             soul
             ?
             Or
             ,
             What
             shall
             a
             man
             give
             in
             exchange
             for
             his
             soul
             ?
          
           Let
           us
           remember
           ,
           that
           the
           end
           of
           Religion
           is
           to
           please
           God
           ,
           to
           Glorifie
           him
           ,
           to
           be
           like
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           enjoy
           him
           for
           ever
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           give
           us
           a
           secure
           Victory
           over
           the
           World
           and
           the
           Devil
           ,
           
             Which
             God
             of
             his
             infinite
             Mercy
             grant
             ,
             through
             our
             Lord
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             to
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             be
             Honour
             ,
             Glory
             ,
             and
             Power
             ,
             now
             and
             for
             ever
             ,
          
        
         
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
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