* For just as God the Messiah loves all the people in the universe, so the devil hates them all. He is indeed agreeable as long as he has no power to harm, but as soon as he is permitted to act, he tries to wipe out the whole human race, even his own worshippers. This is the reason, as soon as the people had become idolatrous, and were therefore put to death, why a large part of the camp perished [Exod. 32:27-28].* So also they perished by pestilence at the time of David [II Sam. 24:15], etc. These things happen at once, when the devil is granted the power. It is an inevitable consequence, and the truth of it so well proven to me that I am able to affirm it beyond anything else. For if God the Messiah withdraws His hand [Lord; Little child, Innocence; Spirit] * This portion in the original is emphasized by the word "Obs." written twice in the margin.