“Well,” says Friday, “but you say God is so strong, so great; is He not much strong, much might as the devil?” “Yes, yes,” says I, “Friday; God is stronger than the devil—God is above the devil, and therefore we pray to God to tread him down under our feet, and enable us to resist his temptations and quench his fiery darts.”
Daarna verhaalde ik hem hoe de duivel, Gods vijand, in de harten der menschen was, en al zijne list besteedde om de goede voornemens der Voorzienigheid tegen te werken, en het rijk van Christus hier op aarde afbreuk te doen, en dergelijke meer.