that your sins justly deserve the censure and despite of men; suffer patiently, and say trustfully, “It is good for me that thou hast humbled me, O Lord, that I may learn thy justifications.”—(Ps. 118:71.) In temptation or tribulation, man learns how needful to him is God: for then he acknowledges his wants, and feels the greatness of his defects. For he is both an unfaithful and a foolish servant, who makes use of his master’s goods to minister to his own vanity, and through them to despise others.