Luke X. 17. — " And the seventy returned again with joy, saying. Lord,
pven the devils are subject unto us through thy name." That is, we can
cast out demons or cffert the cures on these diseased persons who are re-
garded as possessed by demons.
Lnkc xxii. 31. — " And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath
'lesired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat." Those who are my
opponents, my enemies, desire to alienate you from me. Judas tliey have
got ; Peter they will also take hold of. " I have prayed for you."

John xii. 31. — "Now is the judgment of this world : now shall the
prince of this world be cast out." John xiv. 30, The prince of this
world may properly refer to the leading, worldly principles of the time
of Christ, or of any future time. Very conflicting opinions have been stated
by able scriptural critics as to the meaning of " Frince of this world?*
The phruse has been referred to the Jewish, to the Roman, and to other
agencies adverse to the difi'usion of Christianity.
