This part, which was square, they bound around with tow and besmeared with pitch. It had an iron head three feet in length, so that it could pierce through the body with the armor . Compare Psalm vii. Temptation is thus represented as impelled from a distance. Satan attacks by indirection - through good things from which no evil is suspected.
Temptation acts on susceptible material.
Self- confidence is combustible. Faith , in doing away with dependence on self, takes away fuel for the dart . It creates sensitiveness to holy influences by which the power of temptation is neutralized. It enlists the direct aid of God . Take is a different word from that used in vers.