and carefor, his People under Temptation. 241 Ar*AMAit.*AitAMMAAttkAVM UVOuLoesoor-oo-6-aau ;YA Wi*VM4MiT4aUraaii*iii SERMON III. Of TEMPTATION. LUKE 22. 31,32. And the Lord faid, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan bath de. fired to baveyou that he mayfiftyou as wheat : But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. 044444 FTER ourgreateft injoymonts of God, 41 4 ufually follow the greateft temptatio ns- of Satan. And therefore our Saviour C.i) A fpeaks thefe words unto his Difciples. + Md. In the 19. verfe of this Chapter, we find 40(44+Pr? them at the Lords Supper with Chrift himfelf ; This is my body which isgiven firyou; This do in remembrance ofme. Having received the Supper with Chrift himfelf, and having had tweet Com- munion withhim there, our Saviour gives themout a molt gracious and bleffed promife, at the 2$, 29, & 3o. verfes, Ye are they which have continuedwith me inmy temptations, and Iappoint toyou a kingdom, as my, Father bath appointeduntome : thatyemay eat anddrink at my table in my kingdom, and fit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Ifrael. Having faid thus unto them; Hecomes in the very next words to acquaint themwith a great temptation that was coming down up- on themall: and therefore thefe words are knit together, with the former by the word. And And. the Lordfaid, Si- mon, Simon, behold, Satanbath defired. Though you have had thisCommunion with me.; and though I have made you
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