Of Temptation

To one who reads the treatise in the spirit with which the author wrote it, simply that he may judge his own heart, and know what temptation means, and be fully on his guard against it, the effect is far beyond what the mere wealth of fancy or the arts of rhetoric could produce.

From the text, Matt. xxvi. 41, the author considers in succession three topics educed from it: temptation, the means by which it prevails, and the way of preventing it. The most of the treatise is occupied with the last topic,—the means of prevention. It is subdivided into inquiries,—as to the evidence by which a man may know that he has entered into temptation, the directions requisite to prevent him entering into it, and the seasons when temptation may be apprehended. The discussion of this last inquiry merges very much into an illustration of the Christian duty of watchfulness, and the treatise is closed by a general exhortation to this duty. - Summary by Editor (3 hr 1 min)

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Prefatory note by the editor—To the Reader	9:23	Read by InTheDesert
The words of the text, that are the foundation of the ensuing discourse—The occ…	14:42	Read by InTheDesert
What it is to “enter into temptation”—Not barely being tempted—Not to be conque…	12:14	Read by InTheDesert
The doctrine—Grounds of it; our Saviour’s direction in this case—His promise of…	47:14	Read by InTheDesert
Particular cases proposed to consideration—The first, its resolution in sundry …	15:28	Read by InTheDesert
The second case proposed, or inquiries resolved—What are the best directions to…	12:21	Read by InTheDesert
Of watching that we enter not into temptation—The nature and efficacy of that d…	11:20	Read by InTheDesert
Several acts of watchfulness against temptation proposed—Watch the heart—What i…	18:15	Read by InTheDesert
The last general direction, Rev. iii. 10: Watch against temptation by constant …	33:24	Read by InTheDesert
General exhortation to the duty prescribed.	7:04	Read by InTheDesert

Of Temptation

John Owen

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