and tribulations, a man is tested how much he has profited; and his reward is thereby the greater and his virtue made clearer. Neither is it a great thing if a man be devout and fervent, when he feels no affliction; but if in time of adversity he bear himself patiently, there is hope then of great progress.
Some are guarded from great temptations, and in little daily ones are often overcome; to the end that being humbled, they may never presume on themselves in great matters, who are made weak in small things. •