Since Satan has been foiled in all his attempts to prevent the accomplishment of the work of salvation, he now bends all his endeavors to prevent or hinder the appropriation of that salvation. Therefore “he goes about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour2—but “resist the devil,” say the Scriptures, “and he will flee from thee.”3 But the angels of God, on the other hand, are ever ready to protect and defend the elect against the powers of darkness. And although that visible, sensible manifestation