I then reflected, that as God, who was not only righteous but omnipotent, had thought fit thus to punish and afflict me, so He was able to deliver me: that if He did not think fit to do so, it was my unquestioned duty to resign myself absolutely and entirely to His will; and, on the other hand, it was my duty also to hope in Him, pray to Him, and quietly to attend to the dictates and directions of His daily providence.
Indi pensai che come Dio, non solamente giusto, ma onnipotente, avea trovato opportuno il punirmi e l’affliggermi, poteva ugualmente liberarmi; che, se ciò non era ne’ suoi alti decreti, diveniva mio indispensabile obbligo il rassegnarmi risolutamente ed interamente ai suoi santi voleri; e che d’altra parte aveva anche l’obbligo di sperare in lui, di pregarlo e di starmene tranquillamente ad aspettare i decreti e le disposizioni della giornaliera sua provvidenza.