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Man compared to a fort, and the devil to its captain.

I. The unclean spirit's EGRESS, forsaking the hold.

1. His unroosting:

(a)  the person going out;

(b)  the manner;

(c)  the measure, of his going out.

2. His unresting: which is seen in

(a)  his travel;

(b)  his trial;

(c)  his trouble;

(d)  the event — "finding none."

II. His REGRESS, striving for a re-entry into that which he lost.

1. Intentively:

(a)  his resolution;

(b)  his revolution;

(c)  the description of the seat;

(d)  his affection to the same place.

2. Inventively: for he findeth in it,

(a)  Clearness;

(b)  Cleanness:

(c)  Trimness.

III. His INGRESS: manifest by —

1. His associates;

(a)  their number;

(b)  their nature;

(c)  the measure of their malice.

2. His assault:

(a)  the invasion;

(b)  the inhabitation;

(c)  the cohabitation.

(T. Adams.)

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KJV: When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

WEB: But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.