Correction, Instruction: or, A Treatise of Afflictions (1652/53), Lesson 2 under 'What Lessons God Teaches by Affliction'

In the school of affliction, God teaches us how to prize our outward mercies and comforts more—and yet to dote upon them less. We are taught to be more thankful for them—and yet less ensnared by them. This is a mystery i…