tempter

And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.

Why did God allow him to be seduced, knowing well that he would be too weak to resist the tempter?

This inconstant temper he had already manifested, and given the worst example of, before his acquaintance with the great tempter.

No subtler tempter ever spoke to the hearts of a man and a woman.

But the tempter was unprepared for the trap that was laid for him.