I am the rewarder of all that are good, and try my servants with strong trials.
3. Write my words in thy heart and think diligently of them; for they will be very necessary in the time of temptation.
*What thou understandest not when thou readest, thou shalt know in the day of visitation.
I am wont to visit my elect two ways; with temptation, and with comfort.
And I daily read two lessons unto them; one reprehending their vices, another exhorting them to the increase of virtues.
He that hath my words, and despiseth them, hath him that shall judge him at the last day.
*4. Christian. O Lord my God, thou art to me whatsoever is good. Who am I, that I dare speak unto thee? I am thy poorest servant and a most vile worm, much more poor and contemptible than I can express.
*Yet remember, O Lord, that I am nothing, have nothing, and can do nothing.
Thou alone art good, just, and holy: thou canst do all things, thou fillest all things, only the proud thou sendest empty away.
*Remember thy mercies, and fill my heart with thy grace, thou who willest not that thy works shall be empty.