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A word of encouragement from William Gurnall:
 To the saints; be not ye dismayed at this report which the Scripture makes of Satan’s power. Let them fear him who fear not God. What are these mountains of power and pride, before thee, O Christian, who servest a God that can make a worm thrash a mountain? The greatest hurt he can do thee, is by nourishing this false fear of him in thy bosom. It is observed, Bernard saith, of some beasts in the forest, [that] though they are too hard for the lion in fight, yet [they] tremble when he roars. Thus the Christian, when he comes to the pinch indeed, is able through Christ to trample Satan under his feet, yet, before the conflict, stands trembling at the thought of him. Labor therefore to get a right understanding of Satan’s power, and then this lion will not appear so fierce, as you paint him in your melancholy fancy. —William Gurnall, The Christian in Complete Armour (Banner of Truth Trust, 2002), 1:145.
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