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 When he had faſted forty Nights and Days,

The Devil then appears to him, and ſays,

The Son of God, if that indeed thou be,

Convert theſe Stones now into Bread to thee.

But he reply'd unto the wicked One,

'Tis written, Man lives not by Bread alone,

He alſo lives by every Word of Truth

That doth proceed out of Jehovah's Mouth.

Satan in this ſilenced is, but then

He the Aſſault reneweth thus again,

By carrying to a Mountain high,

Whoſe Top did threaten for to reach the Sky,

And there he ſhews him the whole earthy Frame,

With all the ſhining Glory of the ſame;

All theſe, ſays Satan, I will give to thee,

If that thou wilt fall down and worſhip me.

But anſwer'd that blaſphemous Fiend,

And ſays to Satan, Get thou me behind;

For it is written. Thou ſhalt worſhip none,

Except it be the Lord thy God alone;

He who all divine Worſhip doth deſerve,

And he it is thou worſhip muſt and ſerve.

Satan in this, altho' he is defeat.

Once more the Combat he reneweth yet;

Satan now hurls our Saviour thro' the Air,

Unto the Temple of Jerus'lem, where

He ſet him on a Pinacle on high:

Then ſays, If God's beloved Son thou be.

To prove the ſame, throw down thyſelf from thence,

And truſt thy Father's Word and Providence;

For it is written in his Word, that he

Will give his Angels Charge concerning thee,