fening their Graces: How he doth that. 2. His fecond Engine,
Fear, how he forwards his defign that way.
Of his fourth way to binder Peace, by Spiritual Diftreffes. 1. The
Nature of thefe Diftreffes. The Ingredients and Degrees of them.
Whether all Diftreffes of Soul arife from Melancholy. 2. Satan's
Method in working them. The Occafions he makes use of. The
Arguments be urgeth. The ftrengthning of them by Fears.
3. Their
Weight and Burthen, explained in feveral Particulars. Concluding
He firft Circumstance of the Combat. The Time when it hap-
pened. The two folemn Seasons of Temptation. The Reasons
thereof.
The Second Circumstance. Chrift's being led by the Spirit. What
band the Spirit of God hath in Temptations; and of running into
Temptation when not led into it,
The third Circumftance. The Place of the Combat. The Advantage
given to Temptations by Solitude..
The fourth Circumstance. The end wherefore Chrift was led into the
Wilderness. Holiness, Imployment, Priviledges, exempt not from
Temptation. Of Temptations that leave not impreffions of fin behind
them. How Satan's Temptations are diftinguished from the Lufts
of our own Heart.
Of Chrift's Faft; with the Defign thereof. Of Satan's tempting in
an invifible way. Of his inceffant Importunities, and bow he flys
when refifted. Of Inward Temptations with outward Afflictions.
Several Advantages Satan hath by tempting in Affliction.
That Christ's Temptations were real, and not in vifion. That Temp-
tation is Satan's Imployment with the Evidences and Inftances
thereof. Of Satan's tempting visibly; with the Reasons thereof.
The general view of thefe Temptations. Of Satan's gradual pro-
ceeding in Temptations. Of referving a great Temptation laft.
What a great Temptation is. In what cafes to be expected. Of
Satan's using a common Road, in comparing thefe Temptations with
the ordinary Temptations of Men. Of the Advantage Satan takes
of Natural Appetite, Senfe, and Affections.
The Rife of Chrifts first Temptation. Of Satan's fuiting his Temp-
tations to the conditions of Men. Of tempting Men upon the Plea
of Neceffity. The Reafons and Cheats of that Plea. His pretences
of friendship in tempting; with the danger thereof.
A particular Confideration of the Matter of the first Temptation. What
Satan aimed at in bidding him turn Stones into Bread. Of Satan's
moving us to things good or lawful. The end of fuch a Motion.
How to know whether fuch Motions are from Satan, or the Spirit.
What to do in cafe they be from Satan. Of his various Aims in
one Temptation. What they are, and of his Policy therein. Of his
Artificial Contrivement of Motions, to make one thing infer ano-
ther.
Of Satan's chief end in this Temptation. His skill in making the
Means to Sin plaufible. The Reasons of that Policy, with his Art
therein. Mens Ignorance his Advantage. Of the differences of
things propounded to our use.
Of the temptation to distrust, upon the failure of ordinary Means. Of
the Power of that Temptation, and the Reasons of its prevalency
Uf unwarrantable Attempts for relief; with the Caufes thereof.
Of waiting on God, and keeping his way. In what cafes a parti- -
cular Mercy is to be expected.
Of Satan's proceeding to infer distrust of Son-fhip, from distrust of
Providences. Inftances of the probability of fuch a Defign. The
Reafons of this undertaking. Of Satan's endeavour to weaken the
affurance and hopes of God's Children. His general Method to that
purpose.
The preparation to the fecond Temptation. Of his nimbleness to catch
Advantages from our answers to Temptation. That Satan carried
Chrift in the Air. Of his Power to moleft the Bodies of God's
Children. How little the fuppofed bolinefs of places priviledgeth us
from Satan. Of Satan's Policy in Seeming to countenance imagi-
nary Defences. Of his pretended flight in fuch cafes; with the
Reafons of that Policy. Of his improving a Temptation to Serve Se-
Chap. 14.
That Prefumption was the chief defign of this Temptation. Of tempt-
ing to Extreams. What Prefumption is.
The Several ways of
prefuming. The frequency of this Temptation, in the generality of
Profeffors, in Hypocrites, in defpairing Perfons, and in the Children
of God. The Reasons of Satan's Industry in this Defign. His
deceitful Contrivance in bringing about this Sin. Prefervatives
against it.
Self-murther, another of his Defigns in this Temptation. How he
tempts to Self-murther directly, and upon what advantages he urgeth
it. How he tempts to it indirectly, and the ways thereof. Of ne-
neceffary Prefervatives against this Temptation.
Of Pride, Satan's chief Engine to bring on Presumption. What Pride
is, and how it prepares Men for finning prefumptiously. Confide-
rations against Pride. The Remedies for its Cure. Pride kindled
by a confidence of Priviledges, and popular applause.
Of Satan's fubtilty in urging that of Pfal. 91. 11, 12. to Chrift.
Of his imitating the Spirit of God in various ways of Teaching. Of
bis pretending Scripture to further Temptation. The Reasons of
Such Pretendings, and the ends to which he doth abufe it. Of Sa-
tan's unfaithfulness in managing of Scriptures. Cautions against
that Deceit. The ways by which it may be difcovered.
The manner of Satan's fhewing the Kingdoms of the World. Of Sa-
tan's Preparations before the Motion of Sin. Of his confronting
the Almighty by prefumptuous imitations and in what cafes he doth
fo. Of his beautifying the Object of a Temptation, and how be
doth it. His way of engaging the Affections by the Senfes. Of
bis seeming shiness.
Satan's end in tempting Chrift to fall down and worship him. Of
Blafphemous Injections. What Blafphemy is. The Ways of Satan
in that Temptation, with the Advantages he takes therein, and the
Reafon of urging Blafphemies upon Men. Confolations to fuch as
are concerned in fuch Temptations. Advice to fuch as are so af-
flicted.
The Nature of Idolatry. Satan's Defign to corrupt the Worship of
God. The Evidences thereof, with the Reasons of fuch endeavours.
His general Defign of withdrawing the Hearts of Men from God
to bis Service. The Proof that this is his Defign, upon whom he
prevails. That Profeffions and Confidences are no Evidences to the
contrary. His deceit of propounding Sin as a fmall Matter. The
Evidences of that Method, and the Reafons thereof.
Of Worldly Pleasure. Proofs that this is Satan's great Engine. What
there is in Worldly Delights, that make them fo. Counfels and
Cautions against that Snare.
Of Chrift's Answer in the general. That thefe Temptations were upon
defign for our Inftruction. Of the Agreement betwixt Ephef. 6
and Matth. 4. The first Direction. Of couragious Refolves in
refifting Temptations. Its confiftency with fome kind of fear. The
neceffity of this Courage. Wherein it confifts; and that there is
courage in mourning Spirits.
The Second Direction, that Temptations are not to be disputed. The
Several ways of difputing a Temptation. In what Cafes it is con-
venient and necessary to dispute with Satan. In what Cafes incon--
venient, and the Reasons of it.
The third Direction of repelling a Temptation without delay; `the ne-
ceffity of fo doing. What a speedy denial doth contain.
The fourth Direction. Of repelling a Temptation by Scripture Argu-
ments. Of feveral things implyed in the Direction. The necessity
of answering by Scripture Arguments. The excellency of the Re-
medy. How Scripture Arguments are to be managed.
The fifth Direction of Prayer, and of the seriousneß required of those
that expect the advantage of Prayer. Of God's hearing Prayer
while the Temptation is continued. Of Some that are troubled more,
while they pray more.
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