And what marvel, if he feel no burthen, who is bore up by the Almighty?
2. We are always willing to have something for our comfort: and a man doth hardly put off himself.
*See thou learn to forsake thy intimate and beloved friend for the love of God.
*Be not grieved when thou art forsaken by a friend, knowing that we all at length must be separated from one another.
When a man trusteth in himself, he easily slideth into human comfort:
But a true lover of Christ betakes not himself to human comfort, but rather sustains hard exercises and great labour for Christ.
*3. When therefore spiritual comfort is given thee from God, receive it thankfully: but know, it is the gift of God, not thy desert.
*Be not puffed up, neither do thou presume vainly: but be rather more humble for the gift, and more wary in all thy actions: for that hour will pass away, and temptation will succeed.
4. David, in the presence of the divine grace, said, I said in my prosperity, I shall never be removed.
But in the absence of it, having experienced what he was in himself, he adds, Thou didst turn thy face from me, and I was troubled.