Bible Dictionary: The Blessed: Who Endure Temptation

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James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him.
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The Warfare of a Christian Life.
... as a good soldier." There are some things to endure along the Christian way. James
says, "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation." Temptations are outward ...
/.../orr/how to live a holy life/the warfare of a christian.htm

Letter i. --Temptation to Despair.
... Letter I."Temptation to Despair ... Well, this is precisely what God does not wish, and
what He cannot endure in souls aspiring after perfection ... blessed despoilment ...
/.../de caussade/abandonment to divine providence/letter i temptation to despair.htm

The Temptation of Christ
... We may therefore from this blessed passage gather strong consolations ... that, we may
be called to endure many a ... in our hearts, which time and temptation may draw ...
/.../whitefield/selected sermons of george whitefield/the temptation of christ.htm

And Bring us not into Temptation but Deliver us from Evil
... Reviled, we have blessed; persecuted, we have borne up ... as though poverty involved
no temptation"he must ... since according to Solomon, the needy endure no threats ...
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On the Presentation of the Blessed virgin, or on the Octave of Her ...
... man holds fast in his integrity, temptation comes to ... mean the Sacred Humanity of
our Blessed Lord Jesus ... a thousand times less can nature endure this condition ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/tauler/the inner way/sermon xiv on the presentation.htm

Blessed Adversity.
... of Satan had in vain tried ordinary means of temptation with the ... was blessed prosperity,
his adversity, likewise, was blessed adversity ... Weeping may endure for a ...
//christianbookshelf.org/taylor/a ribband of blue/blessed adversity.htm

Certain Amorous Speeches of the Soul to Herself in Prayer:
... The like is to be said of the following Devotions to our Blessed Lady, &c. ... 4. When
wilt thou peaceably and gently endure all tribulation and temptation? ...
/.../certain amorous speeches of the.htm

Spiritual Desolation.
... Blessed be thy holy will! ... "O how much better it is," says St. John of Avila, "to
endure aridity and temptation by God's will than to be raised to the ...
/.../de liguori/uniformity with gods will/6 spiritual desolation.htm

Meditations for one that is Like to Die.
... xi), are now most blessed and glorious saints with ... consideration of which made David
endure Shimei's cursed ... and every sense, upon, every temptation, is ready ...
/.../bayly/the practice of piety/meditations for one that is.htm

On a Holy Martyr's Day
... day, singing of him that he is blessed because he ... The other sort of temptation is
inward and spiritual ... great grievances and temptations which he has to endure. ...
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Subtopics

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The Blessed: The Just

The Blessed: The Meek

The Blessed: The Merciful

The Blessed: The Peace-Makers