"For the illustration of this doctrine, I shall propound these questions.
"Q. 1. Whether a Christian may not be sensible of [or, not exactly happy with] his condition, and yet be contented?
"Yes; or else he is not a saint, but a stoic. Rachel did well to weep for her children, there was nature; but her fault was, she refused to be comforted, there was discontent. Christ Himself was sensible, when He sweat great drops of blood, and said, 'Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me'; yet He was contented, and sweetly submitted [His Father's] will: 'nevertheless, not as I will, but as You will.' The apostle bids us humble ourselves 'under the mighty hand of God,' (1 Pet. 5:6), which we cannot do unless we are sensible of it."
