never yet was a great saint who had not either great afflictions or great corruptions. Well said Philip Melancthon, “Where there are no cares there will generally be no prayers.” Reader, try to settle this down into your heart also. The sons of God have all to hear a cross. A suffering Saviour generally has suffering disciples. The Bridegroom was a man of sorrows. The bride must not be a woman of pleasures, and unacquainted with grief. Blessed are they that morn. Let us not murmur at the cross. This