...that they were real and personal beings that he cast out. Luke x. 17, 18. " And the seventy returned, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us...said unto them, I beheld satan as lightning fall from heaven." If they believed in devils, this reply was calculated to confirm them in that belief; and...

...entrusted. " And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld...Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold! I give you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and on all the powers of the enemy 4 ." He has both his...

...empire and the lessening of Satan's, afford a lively joy to every pious mind ; and hence it was that " the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,...devils are subject unto •us through thy name : " and how does St. Paul exult over the Thessalonians as converted to God by the Gospel ! " What is our hope,...

...name of Christ was pronounced, obeyed them. Jesus answered them, as follows, in Luke, x. 18 — 20; "/ beheld SATAN, as lightning fall from heaven. Behold,...unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you ; notwithstanding, in...

...; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me." And the seventy returned again with joy, saying ;...unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding, in this...

...you. And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,...unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this...

...saying, Lord, even the devils [aaimonia] are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, / beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold,...unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy." — Luke, x. 18,19. Here, even the malignant instincts and energies...

...know it now before it be too late. SECTION XXXV. Chap. x. ver. 17—24. THE RETURN OF THE SEVENTY. 17. And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,...even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. What can we not do for ourselves in the virtue of this all-powerful name, when we trust in that name...

...and he that despiseth you despiseth me ; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. 17 If And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,...even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. 18 And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 19 Behold, I give unto you...

...confirmed their word with" additional " signs b ;" insomuch that, having gone throughout all the cities, " the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord,...the devils are subject unto us through thy name." To this expression of the disciples' surprise and joy, our blessed Lord—with reference indeed, principally,...