Paul was Nero's prisoner, but Nero was much more God's.
Humility is a necessary veil to all other graces.
The soldier is summoned to a life of active duty and so is the Christian.
God Himself underwrites your battle and has appointed His own Son 'the captain of your salvation'.
Christ will bear no equal, and Satan no superior; and therefore, hold in with both thou canst not.
We must not confide in the armour of God, but in the God of this armour, because all our weapons are only mighty through God.