I am still living, saith the Lord, ready to help thee, and comfort thee more than before, if thou put thy trust in me, and devoutly call upon me.
3. Keep thy mind calm and even, and prepare thyself for bearing still more.
All is not lost, if thou feel thyself often afflicted or grievously tempted:
Thou art man and not God, thou art flesh and not an angel.
How canst thou look to continue ever in the same state of virtue, when this was not found in the angels in heaven, nor in the first man in Paradise?
I am he that raises up, and saves them that mourn; and them that know their own infirmity I advance to my divinity.
4. O Lord, blessed be this thy word, it is more sweet to my mouth than honey, and the honey-comb.
What shall I do in my so great tribulations and anguishes, didst thou not encourage me with thy holy words?
What matter is it how much or what I suffer, so I come but at length to the haven of salvation.