And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child.
Ver. 13. He persecuted the woman] As the matter of his calamity. The devil infinitely hates Christ, and sins that sin against the Holy Ghost every moment. His instruments, also, carried with hellish malice, cease not to malign and molest the Church, to their own utter ruin: for Christ must reign when all is done.