Blessed and real is that comfort, which is received inwardly from the truth. A devout man every where carrieth with him Jesus his comforter, and saith unto him, “Be present with me, Lord Jesus, in every place and time. *Let this be my comfort, to be willing to want all human comfort. And if thy comfort be wanting, let thy will, and just proving of me, be unto me as the greatest comfort: for thou wilt not be angry always, neither wilt thou threaten for ever.” CHAPTER XIV. _That all our care is to be cast on God._ _Christ._ SON, suffer me to do with thee what I please: I know what is expedient for thee. Thou thinkest like a man; thou judgest in many things as human affection persuadeth thee. _Christian._ Lord, what thou sayest is true. Thy care for me is greater than all the care that I can take for myself. *For he standeth very totteringly, that casteth not his whole care upon thee. Lord, so that my will may remain right and firm towards thee, do with me whatsoever shall please thee. For it cannot but be good, whatsoever thou dost with me. 2. If it be thy will I should be in darkness, be thou blessed; and if it be thy will I should be in light, be thou again blessed. *If thou vouchsafest to comfort me, be thou blessed; and if thou wilt afflict me, be thou equally blessed. _Christ._ Son, such must be thy disposition, if thou wilt walk with me. Thou must be as ready to suffer as to rejoice. Thou oughtest to be as willing to be poor and needy, as full and rich. 3. _Christian._ Lord, I willingly suffer for thee whatsoever thy pleasure is shall befall me. I will receive indifferently from thy hand good and evil, sweet and bitter, delightful and sorrowful, and give thee thanks for all that befalleth me. *Keep me from all sin, and I will neither fear death nor hell. So thou dost not for ever cast me from thee, nor blot me out of the book of life, what tribulation soever befalleth me shall not hurt me. CHAPTER XV. _Of suffering injuries; and who is proved to be truly patient._ _Christ._ WHAT is it thou sayest, son? Cease to complain, considering my passion, and that of my other saints. Thou hast not yet resisted unto blood. Do not say, I cannot suffer these things at the hand of such a person, nor ought I to suffer these things; for he hath done me great wrong, and upbraided me with those things which I never thought of: but of another I will willingly suffer. Such a thought is foolish, it considereth not the virtue of patience, nor by whom it shall be crowned; but rather weigheth the persons and the injuries offered. *2. He is not truly patient, that will not suffer but as much as he thinketh good, and by whom he listeth. *But the truly patient man mindeth not by whom he is exercised, whether by his superior, or his equal, or by his inferior: whether by a good and holy man, or by a perverse and unworthy person.