ferocity, not for any virtue. Thus the apostle Peter says we must be on the watch against temptations, because your adversary the devil is prowling around seeking whom he may devour; but he did say how he prowls around: Like a roaring lion he is prowling around, seeking whom he may devour (1 Pt 5:8). Who could avoid encountering the teeth of this lion, if the lion from the tribe of Judah had not conquered? Against the lion a lion, against the wolf a lamb. The devil was exultant when Christ died,