He that is not Master of Himself, or in his Own Power, has no Other
Game to play then to submit himself Contentedly to the Will of Another.
Struggling is so far from setting him at Liberty, that it only ties the
Knot the Harder. There must be no Muttering at Heaven for the Loss of
Fortune, Children, or whatever else can be Dear to us; for there are
Greater Afflictions in store for those that shall dare to Prescribe Rules
and Measures to the Divine Providence. Wherefore we should All set our
Hearts at rest, upon these Two Considerations: _First_, That whatsoever
comes from above, is for the Best: And _Secondly_, That there’s No
Contending with it. The _Pot_ must not chop Logick, and Expostulate with
the _Potter_: And so for a _Sheep_ to tell the _Shepherd_ when he has
Kill’d her Lamb, that _now he has done his Worst_; ’tis such Another
kind of Defiance, as that of _Jobe’s Wife_ was, when she bad her Husband
_Curse God and Die_. We are not the Carvers of our Own Fortunes, and This
way of Proceeding is an Affront to all the Dictates, Lights, and Duties
of Religion, Nature and Reason.