EXPOSITORY THOUGHTS.

that, lie that is against us is not to be despised. He is the prince of this world. He is a strong man armed, keeping his house, who will not ^' go out," and part with his goods without a struggle. We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers. We have need to take the whole armor of God, and not only to take it, but to use it too. We may be very sure that those who win most victories over the world, the flesh, and the devil, are those who pray most in private, and " keep under their bodies, and bring them into subjection." (1 Cor. ix. 27.)