Epistles of Ignatius

Do you dare, then, who fell "like lightning" from the highest glory, to say to the Lord, "Cast yourself down from here" to Him to whom things that are not are considered as if they are, and to provoke a display of vanity in Him who was free from all ostentation? And did you pretend to read in Scripture concerning Him: "For He has given His angels charge concerning You, and in their hands they shall bear You up, lest You dash Your foot against a stone?" At the same time, did you pretend to be ignorant of the rest, secretly hiding what Scripture predicted about you and your servants: "You shall tread upon the adder and the basilisk; the lion and the dragon you shall trample underfoot."