still childish, to toil beyond their strength, but snatch them out of every temptation. Ver. 14 And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit unto Galilee. Having left the habitations of cities, He dwelt in deserts: there He fasted, being tempted of Satan; there He gained victory in our behalf: there He crushed the heads of the dragons: there, as the blessed David says, “The swords of the enemy utterly failed, and cities were destroyed,” that is, those who were like towers and cities.* Having therefore
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