Grave Counsels and Godly Observations (The Workes of Richard Greenham, 1612)

Many can speak faire things in the eares of God, so long as they be in affliction: but afterwards they will speake evil things in the eares of heaven and earth.

It is a most certaine thing in Gods children, that the more their afflictions grow, the more their faith groweth: the more Sathan striveth to draw them from God, the more they draw neer to God: although indeed in feeling…