Thus, fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself, when apparent to the eyes; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about: and what was worse than all this, I had not that relief in this trouble that from the resignation I used to practise I hoped to have. I looked, I thought, like Saul, who complained not only that the Philistines were upon him, but that God had forsaken him; for I did not now take due ways to compose my mind, by crying to God in my distress, and resting upon His providence, as I had done before, for my defence and deliverance; which, if I had done, I had at least been more cheerfully supported under this new surprise, and perhaps carried through it with more resolution.
Az elmében keletkező félelem tízezerszer nagyobb, mint a szemmel látható dolgok keltette ijedtség. Ami a legrosszabb, most még az a menedékem is cserbenhagyott, amelyhez mindig bízvást menekülhettem az utóbbi évek során.