The saints submission and Satan's overthrowThe saints submission and Sathans overthrow

The third means whereby we may be enabled to resist the devil, is by seeking to Christ for help, of him only we have spiritual strength; hence the Apostle exhorts the Ephesians, besides, Putting on the armour of God, to be strong in the LORD, Ephes. 6. •0. The Conies which the Wise man speaks of, Prov. ⟨p. 199⟩30. 26. if they come out of their rocks, lye open to be devoured by the lions & other wild beasts: so also if we be out of our rock, we are exposed to the greedy desire of the roaring lion, the devil and his tentations; it is not said that we are stronger then he is, but he which is in us, Christ, is stronger then he which rules ⟨p. 200⟩in the world Let us learn wisdom of the conies, which though they be very weak, yet because they make their houses in the rocks, and continually keep in them, no wild beast can devour them, though we be never so weak, yet if we will flee to our rock Christ, and always rely on him, we need not fear the devil, and all his tentations, ⟨p. 201⟩if there were any strength in our selves, this might not seem needful, but seeing Adam before he fell, having such strength could not resist the devil in Paradise, much less can we now; our only strength is by faith in Christ. As Gideon was to send away a great part of his host by Gods command before he ⟨p. 202⟩could overcome the Midianites, so must we cast away all confidence in our selves, before we shall be able to overcome the devil by relying on Christ. We must therefore cast our selves wholly upon God, and rely on him, and say with Jehoshaphat, We know not what to do, O Lord, but our eyes are upon thee, 2 Chron. 20. 12. We must take ⟨p. 203⟩