his dear foot-steps, so they must expect that share of his sufferings allotted them, from the same enemies, their glorious master was encompassed with—these are the World, the Flesh, and the Devil, the three great foes of Christ and the Believer. From Satan the dear Redeemer was assaulted, the world hated him, and sin, as imputed to him, made him tremble, when it fell upon him in all its malignity. Satan rejoiced when the dear Saviour was afflicted by God and man; but he had very little cause to rejoice, for by the Saviour’s obedience unto death, he destroyed death, wounded the head of Satan, took vengeance on him for all he had done to his people, and has threatened to shut him up in the prison of Hell a thousand Years; at the expiration of which he shall be loosed from his prison, and dragged before the awful tribunal of Christ, and then receive his full torment, even that torment he was afraid Christ was come to put him to at his first appearance, when he cried out, _Art thou come to torment us before the time_? So that while our dear Lord was suffering, Satan might have rejoiced, but had very little cause, neither had the world much reason to triumph; they hated both Christ and his Father, his person, his mission, his miracles, his doctrines, and his followers; but they hated him without a cause, nor could they rest until they had imbrued their hands in his Blood! And when they had done it, they rejoiced, but short indeed was their joy, the Captain of Salvation rose triumphant over all their hellish spite, ascended to glory, and will come again in the last great day to judge the quick and the dead; then shall all the kindreds of the earth mourn!—mark that—_the kindreds of the earth_, but none of the kindred of Christ; they shall rejoice when he comes to be glorified in his Saints, and admired by all them that believe; and surely if we are led by the eternal Spirit to admire Jesus on earth, this will be our sweet employment in heaven; but as Satan and the World were the enemies of Christ, so they are the formidable foes of the people of God; the old Serpent has an inveterate hatred to the saints, and though he well knows he cannot destroy them for ever, yet he will endeavour to make their path to glory as miserable as he can. He is called the accuser of the brethren; he attempted to move God against holy Job, but in vain; he traduced him as an hypocrite and mercenary professor, and vented all the bitterness he was permitted on his body and mind; and he would, if he could, act the same in all the rest of the elect, and finally destroy both soul and body; but he must ask leave of our Father before he can do that—yea, he cannot so much as tempt a Believer without leave from God; and as we are well aware he is permitted to tempt every vessel of mercy, how truly important those petitions of our Lord which he taught his disciples—and _lead us not into temptation_, _but deliver us from evil_. The same learned Greek scholars read