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A14176	The combate betwixt Christ and the deuill Foure sermons vpon the temptations of Christ in the wildrenes by Sathan, wherein are to be sene the subtle sleightes that the tempter vseth agaynst the children of God, and the meanes that God hath appointed to resiste him, sanctified to our vse in the example of our Sauiour Iesus Christ. By Iohn Vdall preacher of the word of God, at Kyngston vpon Thames.	Udall, John, 1560?-1592.	1588 (1588)	STC 24492; ESTC S113942	68,913	157

that doe depriue men of this heauenly and onely defence for their soules from the handes of Sathan whether they hee Papistes denying the vse of the Scriptures to ignoraunt people or carnall Gospellers which thinke preaching not so needefull so that seruice as they call it be read distinctly and therefore vpon euery thyng wherewith they are discontēted will seeke to muste or vtterly displace euen him that hath all the giftes in notable measure required by S. Paule out of the Lordes byneyard that he should not dresse it Let thē pretend what they can and alledge what siggeleaues it please them wherewith to hide their shame they are guiltie of the destruction of so many soules as by them might haue bene instructed and shalbe arayned and without repentaūce conuicted of highe treason agaynst Jesus Christ in the day of Judgement and shalbe founde guiltie of sinne so much more haynous thē that of Iudas by how much the betraying of thousandes of soules into the handes of Sathan to eternall death is greater then the deliuering of the body of one innocent man to the temporall death of the body Besides these for so much as the bloud of the sheepe though it shalbe required at y e hand of the shepheard yet the sheepe shall dye in his own sinnes they also that either for couetousnesse will not helpe forwarde or for worldlinesse will not attende vnto or for negligence frequent not or by blindnesse esteeme not the continuall and ordinarie preaching of the gospel though they thinke it a thyng not so needefull and therfore come not vnto it vntill they haue nothing els to do for so much as els they lye open for Sathan to wounde thē at his pleasure they shall also be conuicted in the day of reckoning for guilty of wilfull murthering their owne soules For if we say and that truely that he who will venture with charge of money alone to trauaile ouer places suspected for robberie without his weapōs is worthy to be robbed for that he runneth into the handes of his enemie much rather shall he bee so esteemed of almightie God a caster of himselfe willingly into the handes of the deuill that trauailyng by y ● theeuish places of this world I meane the roaring of Sathan regardeth not to haue this sword of Gods word girt to his side nor to be fenced with the sheilde of fayth but goyng on in the course of flesh bloud runneth willingly where Sathan will haue him and seeth it not for that he is blind not knowyng the Scriptures for his direction defence and comfort If the truth of this were surely settled into our soules that we were persuaded it were so we should haue a more lust and longing for the knowledge of Gods word then yet euer we had euen spare some tyme from our necessarie affaires of this world much more from our vanities and fleshly pleasures for the publicke hearing and priuate reading of that word by whiche we shalbe iudged in the end Agayne Christ Jesus beyng God hauing the whole world at his cōmaundement might haue beate him backe by the power of his might and neuer haue spoken worde to him But we are to note that as he came into the world to be our redeemer so did hee likewise to set vs an example cōtinually in such cases as befell vnto him to be followed For whiche cause hee taketh not himselfe to his power as he is God But to the word prescribed vnto mā to teach vs that if we will buckle with Sathan in deede and if euer we will truely persuade our selues of hope of victorie we must learne to resist him not as we in our own foolish wisedome thinke meet but accordyng as our head whereunto we must be conformed Christ Jesus hath geuen vs an example in his owne person A lesson very needefull to bee put in practise which very fewe haue yet learned For if you came to him that sinneth and accordyng to your duetie reprouing him and persuading him to amendement doe wish hym to beware of the subtiltie of Sathan and take heede that hee carie him not headlong into perdition tushe sayth he I defie the deuill and all his workes I trust he shal neuer haue power ouer me I trow I am not so simple but I know what is what and in the meane while hee maketh no conscience of any sinne cares not for the knowledge of the word of God but rather mocketh and molesteth them that do all this while hee persuadeth himselfe that the deuill can neuer come neare him when poore soule he is euen running headlong to destruction and seeth it not But Sathā will geue the leaue nay he wil teach thee to defie him to spit at the namyng of him and to rayle agaynst him make thee beleeue it is sufficient and yet will haue thee take the way that goeth directly vnto hell if we then will learne to be wise we must haue Gods word in our hartes to light vs in our mouthes to speake for vs and in our conuersation to rule vs and then we shalbe sure to stand fast The place of Scripture which Christ here vseth is written in the eight Chapter of the booke of Deuteronomie where the holy Ghost by the mouth of Moyses exhorting the people of Israell to obediēce vnto Gods commaundements sheweth how the Lord did in most wonderfull maner trye and prouide for them in the wildernesse not geuyng them an ordinarie meanes to get their meate withall but in miraculous wise fed them with Manna from heauen to shew that it is not bread onely that man liueth by but by euery word of God that is euery decree and determination that God in his wisedome seeth meete to put in execution for so much as hee can both make aboundaunce of meates to bee vnprofitable for the preseruations of mans life and also preserue mā in all extremities when foode is wantyng not to be had Which doth teach vs first y ● God is not tyed to outwarde meanes But at his good pleasure both can will feede man as well with bread as without it and prouide for man when all helpe of the creature fayleth which is a sure staffe to leane vnto in the tyme of extremitie distresse Agayne that we take heede that to the auoydyng of any inconuenience we neuer vse any vnlawfull wayes or commit any sinne agaynst God for our own benefite or ease both which we see most notably practised by those three faythfull seruaunts of God condemned by Nabuchadnezar to bee burned in the firie fornace saying O Nabuchadnezar we are not carefull to aūswere thee in this matter behold our God whom we serue is able to deliuer vs from the hote firie fornace and hee will deliuer vs out of thy hand O kyng but if not be it knowne vnto thee O kyng that we will not serue thy Gods nor worship the 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these the world will note thee to be a puritane and so thou shalt be come odious vnto thy frendes who heretofore haue loued thee persecutions haue euer bene styrred vp agaynst such persons so that whereas thou now dwellest safe hast the world at will thou shalt be in hazard of losses disquietnesse and great vexation whereas heretofore thou hast taken thy pleasure in euery thyng now must thou leaue them thou must lay aside thy pompe and brauerie thy dayntenesse and delightes so that thou hadst better bee out of the worlde then to liue so austerely besides this hee will tell thee that it is a thyng not so needefull for the depth of knowledge belongeth to Diuines and great learned mē●it is sufficient for thee to know a litle beyng a priuate man● and to bee so strict in thy life as to follow Gods word in all pointes is but curiositie to much scrupulousnes for mā is not saued by his workes but by Gods mercy and if thou shouldest doe thus they would thinke that thou art singular contemnest all others in respect of thy selfe so doth he deale in seducing from euery good thing he will make thee thinke thou shalt neuer attayne vnto it it were a turmoyle vnto thee to practise it it is a thyng not so needefull y u shalt do wel inough without it But the child of God is to learne that if it be a thing that God hath cōmaunded a thing whereby god may gayne glory his Church benefite thine own soule cōfort y u must be of an inuincible courage neuer dispayre at the troubles but cōmit the successe to him that commaundeth to know that it is a thing that is most needefull or els God was vnwise to enioyne it to thee Agayne he perswadeth to euill by so many cōtrary reasons propounding the profite pleasure remouyng the payne terrour He will tell thee the necessitie of it how y u canst not be without it in this world how beneficiall delightfull it is vnto thee how easie to be attained As for exāple whē he would haue thee of no Religion but a playne Atheist and tymeseruer he will tell thee that the worldes estate is ticklishe vncertaine subiect to chaunge and alteration so that if thou shouldest stand stiffly to one Religion thou shouldest be in daunger of great trouble therfore vse thy selfe so in the tyme of this Religion that when a cōtrary doth come thou mayest be ready also to professe that the necessitie and pleasure of it is great for so shalt thou bee sure to haue all thy possessions to thy selfe and thy posteritie thou shalt liue quietly without any feare of alteration And for the course it selfe it is very easely to be attayned for if thou doe onely in a litle outward appearaunce satisfie the worldes request it is sufficient But all this while hee stealeth out of thy mynde the vew of Gods seuere vengeaunce agaynst carelesse caytiffes his horrible punishement to them that are neither hote nor cold to them that deny him before men and this or the like cause Sathā taketh in perswadyng to any sinne But the true Christian for the auoyding of these sleightes must remember that there is but one God and therefore no Religion can please him but one that he created and I redeemed man to serue him and therfore he may not make a small accompt of it his soule is more precious then his body and therefore it must principally bee prouided for the Lordes protection is ouer his people and therfore they neede not feare what man can doe vnto them all things fall out of the best for the that feare God therfore come death or life losse of goodes or whatsoeuer els it shall be good for me the parties that feele these temptations most bee the holyest and the godlyest persons as we see by Dauid Paule and Iesus Christ in this place For the further that a man is gone from his allegeaunce the sorer foe he is vnto him and endeuoureth the more earnestly to reclayme him agayne but the other that are not yet regenerated he possesseth wholly in peace and they obey him without resistaunce For beyng blind for lacke of knowledge and sencelesse of sinne they are led blindfold by him willingly into destruction and therfore to bee tempted is not as man thinketh a detestable but a comfortable thyng and therefore the Apostle Iames exhorteth vs to accompt it an exceedyng ioy when we fall into diuers temptations Most ignorauntly then do they wish that seyng godly ones in afflictions of mynde say as is the maner of many they would not for all the world be in that case al one as if the should say they would not for all the world be out of the clutches of the Deuill nor bee the souldiour of Christ Iesus to dyd him battaile This temptation in the godly is effectuall diuers wayes First it aduaunceth greatly the glory of GOD for when so straunge and subtle an enemy so greatly experienced in deceite shalbe vanquished by so meane an instrument as a mā weake subiect to so many infirmities the power of GOD appeareth most mighty and his might most gloriously performed in weakenesse Agayne it giueth notable ouerthrow to the enemy and disappointeth him of his purposes for beyng resisted he flyeth away Lastly it is beneficiall to the partie tempted two wayes First it assureth his soule of the loue of God the Father to him whose presence he hath experience of in the beating backe of so puissaunt an aduersary Secondly it confirmeth the myndes of the brethren to be fully perswaded that God doth loue him and therfore to haue all holy communion with him because they see that Sathan whose power sleightes they are not ignoraūt of hath so notable an ouerthrowe in so weake an instrument ¶ The second Sermon Verse 2. 3. 4. 2. And when hee had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes hee was afterwarde hungry 3. Then came to him the tempter and sayd If thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made bread 4. But he aunswering sayd It is written mā shall not liue by bread onely but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God ANd when he had Now come we to the consideration of the particular tryall which I so call in respect that it is expressed to vs in more particular manner before whiche is to be considered his preparatiō thereunto contained in the wordes followyng When hee had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes that is when he had bene in the wildernesse among the wilde beastes and tasted no manner of foode for the space of fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes in all which tyme hee was not hungry neither had any desire of corporall nourishment for it is sayd that hee was afterward hungry The Papistes who Apishly doe counterfete euery