[This also it is easy to answer : " Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world." " They were of God," and relied altogether upon him : and therefore they overcame. Do ye the same ; and the victory shall be yours also. Never
'» ver. 1 — 3. n 1 John ii. 18. ° 2 Cor. iv. 4, G.
will God forsake those who trust in him: never will he suffer Satan to " pluck one of them out of his hands." He may have them to endure many conflicts: but he will be with them, and succour them with great might, and make them tf more than conquerors" over all their enemies. No one need to be discouraged on account of his weakness; for " God will perfect his own strength in their weakness." " His hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; nor is his ear heavy, that he cannot hear." Still is he as able, and as willing, to save his people as ever ; " nor shall one of his little ones ever perish." Look on your enemies then, my dear children, {that is the meaning of the word translated " little children :" it does not here refer to age or stature, but is a term of endearment, and is so used by our Lord himself to his disciples p;) and say to every one of them, " Who art thou, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain*1." Only " be ye of God ;" and all the powers of darkness shall fall before you, and " Satan himself be bruised under your feet shortly'."]
p John xiii. 33. <J Zech. iv. 7. r Rom. xvi. 20.