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See also ‘Expositions of the Lord’s Prayer’ on the 6th Petition.
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Fulke, William – A Comfortable Sermon of Faith in Temptations & Afflictions (London, 1574) 45 pp.
Ursinus, Zachary – The Sum of Christian Religion: Delivered… in his Lectures upon the Catechism… tr. Henrie Parrie (Oxford, 1587), Lord’s Prayer
1. What temptation is
2. What is, To lead into temptation
3. What is, To deliver us from evil
4. Why this petition is necessary
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Perkins, William
A Dialogue containing the Conflicts between Satan & the Christian an appendix to A Golden Chain (Cambridge: Legat, 1600)
Satan’s Conflicts with the strong Christian
Satan’s conflicts with the weak Christian
The Whole Treatise of the Cases of Conscience… (Cambridge: Legat, 1606), bk. 1
ch. 8, Of the first Special distress arising of a Divine Tentation
ch. 9, Of the second special Distress arising from outward Afflictions
sect. 1, How the Trouble of mind arising of Afflictions may be remedied?
sect. 2, How the mind of the party distressed may be stayed when the Lord defers deliverance?
sect. 3, How may a man be able to endure with comfort the pangs of Death?
sect. 4, How the minds of such persons are to be stayed as are possessed by the Devil, or fear possession?
Sect. 5, What they may do whose houses are haunted and molested by wicked Spirits?
ch. 10, Of the third special Distress, arising of the Tentation of Blasphemies
ch. 11, Of the fourth Special Distress, arising from a mans own sins
sect. 1, How the violent distress of mind, arising from our own sins, is to be cured?
sect. 2, How the moderate distress, arising of the same cause, is to be remedied?
ch. 12, Of the fifth special Distress arising from a man’s own body
sect. 1, The Body / Soul Relationship
sect. 2, Melancholy
sect. 3, Frenzy
Rutherford, Samuel – pp. 205-13 in Christ Dying & Drawing Sinners to Himself… (London: 1647)
Steele, Richard – ch. 5, ‘The Temptations of the Husbandman [Farmer], and the Preservatives’ in The Husbandman’s Calling, showing the excellencies, temptations, graces, duties etc. of the Christian husbandman: being the substance of 12 sermons preached to a country congregation (London, 1668), pp. 58-132
Baxter, Richard – A Christian Directory (London, 1673)
pt. 1, Christian Ethics
ch. 1, pt. 2, ‘The temptations whereby the Devil hinders men’s conversion: with the proper remedies against them’
ch. 2, Directions to young Christians… for their establishment and safe proceeding
Direction 13. Know that true godliness is the best life upon earth, and the only may to perfect happiness: Still apprehend it therefore, and use it as the best: and with great diligence sist those temptations which would make it seem to you a confounding grievous or unpleasant thing.
Direction 14. Be very diligent in mortifying the desires and pleasures of the flesh; and keep a continual watch upon your senses appetite and lusts; and cast not yourselves upon temptations, occasions or opportunities of sinning, remembering that your salvation lies on your success.
ch. 3, The general grand directions for walking with God…
Direction 9. Spend all your days in a skillful, vigilant, resolute and valiant war against the flesh, the world and the Devil…
Title 1. The methods of Christ against the Tempter
Title 2. Temptations to particular sins; with directions for preservation and remedy
Title 3. Temptations to draw us off from duty
Title 4. Temptations to frustrate holy duties, and make them uneffectual
pt. 2, ch. 30, Directions for the sick, Title 3, Directions for a comfortable or peaceable death
Directions for resisting the temptations of Satan in the time of sickness
Froysel, Thomas – Sermons concerning Grace & Temptations (London, 1678), pp. 143-341
An Account of Satan’s Temptations
An Account of God’s Temptations
An Account of Man’s Temptations
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Fentiman, Travis – 13. ‘God, Eve, Temptation, Self-Denial & Christ’ in ‘Using Contraceptives may be in Accord with Natural Law & Scripture: a Response to [Edward] Feser’ (RBO, 2025)
This goes into natural concupiscence (quoting reformed theologians) and how temptation is therein possible, first by looking at unfallen Eve and then Christ.
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1600’s
Draxe, Thomas – The Christian Armory, wherein is contained all manner of spiritual munition, fit for secure Christians to arm themselves withal against Satan’s assaults, and all other kind of crosses, temptations, troubles and afflictions… by way of questions and answers (London, 1611) 345 pp. ToC
Byfield, Nicholas – The Promises, or a Treatise showing how a godly Christian may support his heart with comfort against all the distresses which by reason of any afflictions or temptations can befall him in this life, containing all the most comfortable places through the whole Bible, orderly digested (London, 1619) 198 pp. ToC
Bolton, Robert – Instructions for a Right Comforting Afflicted Consciences with special antidotes against some grievous temptations (London, 1631) 560 pp.
Capel, Richard – Tentations their nature, danger, cure… to which is added a brief dispute, as touching restitution in the case of usury (London : R. Badger, 1633)
Hall, Joseph – Satan’s Fiery Darts Quenched, or Temptations Repelled in three decades: for the help, comfort, and preservation of weak Christians in these dangerous times of error and seduction (London, 1647) 352 pp. ToC
Owen, John – Of Temptation, the Nature & Power of it: the Danger of Entering into it and the means of preventing the danger, with a resolution of sundry cases thereunto belonging (Oxford: Hall, 1658) ToC
Gilpin, Richard – Demonologia Sacra, or a Treatise of Satan’s Temptations (London, 1677) 216 pp. ToC
Brown of Wamphray, John – The Life of Faith in Times of Trial & Affliction, Cleared up & Explained from Hebrews (Printed for Author, 1679-1680) ToC 1, 2
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Whitaker
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Rutherford
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William Whitaker
A Treatise on Original Sin… (d. 1595; Legat, 1600), bk. 1, ch. 10, p. 43 trans. AI Latin
“…the proximate cause of the [first, original] sin was the free
will of our parents, who, turning themselves from the true good to a fictitious appearance of good, fell into the snares of Satan beyond their expectation.”
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Andrew Rivet
The Orthodox Catholic Opposite the Papist Catholic (1630), Question 14, ‘On Concupiscence, or the remnants of original sin in the regenerated man’, p. 13 trans. AI
“We say, therefore, that temptation which proceeds from an external principle, if it finds nothing in us which inclines to evil or delights in it, cannot have the nature of sin. Thus the Devil could tempt Christ, and present various objects to his eyes and imagination, but he had no power in him, who lacked all vicious inclination.
The case is different with our inclination and internal movements, which when the Devil moves, indeed even if they are not moved by the Devil, are nevertheless sins, as we have proved.”
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Samuel Rutherford
Christ Dying & Drawing Sinners to Himself… (London: 1647), p. 223
“The Devil is near by to put in our heart all wickedness; he has the command of the out-works, the humors, fancy, disposition, the spies and posts that go in and out the senses[?]; we have need to lay the bands of a covenant on the eye, and if the devil be master of all the forts and sconces[?] without the walls, we are in no small danger.”
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