fatherland, forsaken and solitary, uncertain where he can hide in safety. In addition, the devil has come—the devil, who is wont to torment afflicted hearts in a thousand strange ways, so that the truth of the common saying that no disaster is alone becomes apparent. For Satan “prowls around like a roaring lion” (1 Peter 5:8) and seeks where he can most easily climb over the fence and with what stratagems he can overturn the leaning wagon. He climbs across where the fence is lowest; and if the wagon