In this abridged and readable edition of a classic work, the Puritan theologian John Owen opens up Matthew 26:41, explaining carefully what temptation is and what is involved in entering into it - a distinction most of us have never made.

He then shows the two means Christ gives his people to guard against the danger, namely watching and praying. These two, Owen says, comprise the whole endeavor of faith for the soul's preservation from temptation. A Puritan Paperback, and the best short entry into Owen's writing on sin.