Again, where St. Luke (22:3⁠–⁠4) says of Judas Iscariot, that “Satan entered into him, and thereupon that he went and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray Christ unto them”; it may be answered, that by the entering of Satan, that is the “enemy,” into him, is meant, the hostile and traitorous intention of selling his Lord and Master. For as by the Holy Ghost is frequently in Scripture understood, the graces and good inclinations given by the Holy Ghost; so by the entering of Satan may be understood the wicked cogitations and designs of the adversaries of Christ and His disciples. For as it is hard to say that the devil was entered into Judas, before he had any such hostile design; so it is impertinent to say he was first Christ’s enemy in his heart, and that the devil entered into him afterwards. Therefore the entering of Satan, and his wicked purpose, was one and the same thing.