Chap.t.SeC1:.4 Book IV. verfie . and of that we had fome types before Chrill: came into the wdrld. thus U'lfofes fa fred fourty daies at the delivery oftbe Jaw. and Elilf4 fafied fourty dayesat the refiitution o( the law; and to fulfill the time ofboth thefe types, Chrifi thinks it fit to. fa£1: fourty dayes at the a·ccompli!hment of the law, and the promulgation of the Gofpel. ~n fafl:ing fo long Ch.ri£1: ma~ifefis his almighty power, and tn fafl:mg no longer, Chnfi mamfefis the· truth of his manhood, and of his weaknelfe; that he might approve that there was no difference betwixt him and us but finne, he both fafied, and was an hungred; we knowwell enough, that Chriil: could have Jived without meat, and be could have failed without.bunger; it had been an ealie matter for him to have · fupported his body without any meanes of nourifhment or life; but to !hew that he was man, as well as God, and fo a fit Mediatour betwixt God and man, he would both feed and fafi ; make · ufe of the creature, and withall fuffer hunger.-and now our · Saviour is an hungred, this gives occ~fion to Sathan to fet upon . him with his fierce and violent temptations; he knows well what baits to fifh withall, and when, and how to lay them ; he hath_, temptations ofall forts, he hath apples to couzen children, and : gold for men; he hath thG vanities of the world for the in tempe· rate, and the Kingdomes oft he world for the ,ambitions; he con-- fidersthe temper and confiitution of the perfon he is to tempt, and he obferves all our exteriour accidents, occafions, and oppor- - tunities. Lut ofthis hereafter. , . 5. The temptations thernfel ves are in-number three; whereof thefirfi was th is: if thou he the Sonne of God, command that thefe · fton es b~ made bread. What an horrible entrance is this? if.thou be the Somu '1G'cd. no que.\ion Sa than had heard the glad . tydings of the Angel, he fawthe ftar, and the journy, and the · offering oft he Sages; he could not but take notice of the gratu~ latiom of Zr:C"har~, Simron, Anw1; and of late· he faw the · heavens open, and be heard tbe voyce that came down from heaven, thi.! is my belove-d Sonnr in whom I am writ pleafod: and yet n.ow that he £1w_ ~hrifi fainting wi~h hunger, as not rompre-. hendmg h~ :" mfi :mtttes could coni! ft wtth aGodhead, he puts it to ~he que.tle>n, if thou~e the Sonne of C!''d. Oh here's a point in whtch lyesall o~· happrneffe! hqw mtferable were we ifChrifr :. were not indeed il'nd in tit1th the Sonne of God? Sa than ftrikes . at.•
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