into confusion, disquietude on that account would be vanity, because that disquietude would do more harm than good. 120. To endure all things with an equable and peaceful mind, not only brings with it many blessings to the soul, but it also enables us, in the midst of our difficulties, to have a clear judgment about them, and to minister the fitting remedy for them. 121. It is not the will of God that the soul should be troubled by anything, or that it should be afflicted; for if men are afflicted
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