Chapter X.—Continuation: audacity of Satan.
Darest thou, then, who didst fall “as lightning”860 from the very highest glory, to say to
the Lord, “Cast thyself down from hence861 [to Him] to whom the things that are not are
reckoned as if they were,862 and to provoke to a display of vainglory Him that was free from
all ostentation? And didst thou pretend to read in Scripture concerning Him: “For He hath
given His angels charge concerning Thee, and in their hands they shall bear Thee up, lest
thou shouldest dash Thy foot against a stone?”863 At the same time thou didst pretend to
be ignorant of the rest, furtively concealing what [the Scripture] predicted concerning thee
and thy servants: “Thou shalt tread upon the adder and the basilisk; the lion and the dragon
shall thou trample under foot.”864
860 Luke x. 18.
861 Matt. iv. 6.
862 Comp. Rom. iv. 17.
863 Matt. iv. 6.
864 Ps. xci. 13.
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Chapter X.—Continuation: audacity of Satan.