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.
Az igazságos és mindenható Isten kedve szerint megszabadíthatna, és ha mégsem teszi, annak oka van. Másrészről viszont mindig van értelme fohászkodnunk és reménykednünk és közben alázatosan követnünk az útmutatásait.