Now this penalty comes from the domination of the devil. The whole human race was held bent double under the devil, the whole human race was weighed down by earthly lusts; then one came with the promise of the kingdom of heaven. There is another life, there is the society of the angels, there is a home country where no violence, no enemy is to be feared; there is a home country walled round by the will of God, encircled with the shield of God’s good will (Ps 5:13), where no foe is allowed in, no