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Rh same state of virtue, when an angel in heaven hath fallen, as also the first man in paradise?

I am He Who lifteth up the mourners in safety and soundness, and those that know their own weakness I advance to Mine own divine nature.

4., blessed be Thy word, more sweet unto my mouth than honey and the honey-comb. What should I do in these so great tribulations and straits, unless Thou didst comfort me with holy words?

What matter is it, how much or what I suffer, so I may at length attain to salvation?

Grant me a good end, grant me a happy passage out of this world.

Be mindful of me, O my God, and direct me in the right way to Thy kingdom.Amen.

EWARE thou dispute not of high matters, nor of the secret judgments of God, why this man is so left, and that man taken into such great favour; why also one man is so much afflicted, and another so greatly exalted.

These things are beyond the reach of man, neither is it in the power of any reason or disputation to search out the judgments of God.