All our afflictions are measured by the Lord Himself, in quantity, quality, and continuance of time: for quality, the Lord appoints to each one of His children a cup of affliction convenient for their purging; and as for quality, He tempers also our afflictions, which of their own nature are exceeding bitter, being the fruits of sin, worse to drink than the waters of Marah, until Moses changed them by prayer, and made them sweet; He alters them in like manner; by the cross of Christ and His intercession for us, they become so delightful, that we can rejoice in tribulation. As for time, He gives us but days of trial and affliction, hours of temptation.—An Old Divine.