Sons of God, indeed! whose store

Are cold and hunger, rags, and all that's poor.

SECOND SHEPHERD.

More we suffer, more our joys redouble;

For all your pleasures we'll not give a double.[87]

THIRD SHEPHERD.

In our hearts the Christ doth dwell

Who has conquered death and hell.

At these words Satan becomes confused; he calls to mind his former defeats, and knowing that the Son of God must crush him under his feet, exclaims in terror: