being forty days tempted by the devil, without eating any thing all that while: but that time expired, he at last was seiz'd with hunger.

then the devil said to him; if you are the son of God, command this stone to become bread.

then the devil took him to the top of a high mountain, and in an instant represented to him all the kingdoms of the world.

next, the devil brought him to Jerusalem, and setting him on the battlements of the temple, said to him, if you be the son of God, throw your self down from this height,

and when the whole temptation was ended, the devil left him for a time.

by the beaten road is meant, they who only hear: the word, by the lurking wiles of the devil, being hinder'd from taking root in their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.