...preserve us from every enemy ; even from that great adversary, who, as a hungry wolf and " a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." (1 Pet. v. 8.) We have this comfortable assurance, that " the Lord knoweth them that are His ;" however humble we may...

...against our great adversary, which we can do, by keeping the Lord ever before us, reminding us that our ' adversary, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour ' (1 Peter v. 8, 9). In commanding or exhorting us to become perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven,...

...speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it." And St. Peter again represents him as an adversary, as a roaring lion walketh about seeking whom he may devour. (1 Peter v. 8). We infer, therefore, from these testimonies, that before the visible Creation proceeded...

...sympathy. How St. Peter remembered that warning we see indeed in his " Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour" (1 Pet. v. 3) : — Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by ? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto...

...Satan into deeper shade, and his restless activity receives a corresponding deepness of tint, "Your adversary, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour," 1 Pet. v. 8. 8. The integrity and godliness attributed to Job by the author of the Poem are confirmed by God Himself....