32. Surveying all the armor in which he fought and conquered, the joyful
victor praises the Lord for every part. The girdle of his loins earns the first
stanza. Girt about the loins with power from heaven, the warrior was filled
with vigor, far above all created might. Without this wondrous belt he would
have been feeble and effeminate, with relaxed energies and scattered forces he
felt himself; but when braced with the girdle of truth he was compact in
purpose, courageous in daring, and concentrated in power; so that his course
was a complete success, so undisturbed by disastrous defeat as to be called perfect.
Have we been made more than conquerors over sin, and has our life hitherto been
such as becomes the gospel? Then let us ascribe all the glory to him who girt
us about with his own inexhaustible strength, that we might be unconquered in
battle and unwearied in pilgrimage.
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