Mankind is born for trouble as
surely as sparks fly upward. Job 5, verse 7. Oh, what losses and crosses,
sorrows and distresses, uncertainties and anxieties do mankind labor
under? Godly wisdom will lead me to
expect nothing but vanity and vexation here below. But oh,
how happy is the soul that has all his treasure in heaven, all
his happiness in God! May this be my case, and then
shall I triumph in the midst of losses, distresses, disappointments
and pain. I take a loose hold of all earthly
things, that when they are twisted out of my hand, they may not
torment my heart. Eternal felicity secured is a
noble panacea and a sufficient antidote against the heaviest
misfortunes and disappointments of this deceitful world. I rest
and am composed and calmly wait on God, resigned to His perfect
determination in everything concerning me in time, until I arrive at
that better country, at that perfect state where there is
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