"The warfare in Eph. 6 really supposes an elevated position of the saints, themselves delivered and raised up to a heavenly position with God,-they have to contend with Satan there, for he is not yet cast down nor bruised under their feet:. No doubt, being in such a conflict, the fullest vigilance and the spirit of dependance is needed not to succumb; internal, practical truth being first called for,-and then, power; but, whatever the diligence called for, the position is one of entire deliverance and enlistment on God's side,—brought into heavenly questions and standing. I judge there is a different measure in the deliverance from Satan, according to the different character of the epistles in Peter, Colossians, and Ephesians. He is roaring about as a lion, on earth, in Peter, where the saints are pilgrims; triumphed over, in the cross, in Colossians, where they were in danger of not holding the head; and led away captive in Ephesians, where the heavenly place of the saints is given, but then the combat, practically, has not ceased, but we are in God's army with His armor, in a heavenly warfare."