Well then, said I, if God does not forsake me, of what ill consequence can it be, or what matters it, tho’ the world should all forsake me, seeing on the other hand, if I had all the world, and should lose the favour and blessing of God, there wou’d be no comparison in the loss. From this moment I began to conclude in my mind, that it was possible for me to be more happy in this forsaken solitary condition, than it was probable I should ever have been in any other particular state in the world; and with this thought I was going to give thanks to God for bringing me to this place.
