„Bůh vybírá nejvýznačnější a nejvybranější ze svých služebníků pro nejvybranější a nejvýznačnější soužení. Ti, kdo obdrželi od Boha nejvíce milosti, jsou od Něj schopni snášet nejvíce soužení. Soužení svaté nezasáhne náhodou, ale mířeně. Bůh nevytahuje svůj luk zkusmo. Každý z Jeho šípů má zvláštní cíl a nezasáhne jinou hruď než tu, na kterou je vyslán. Není to jen milosti, ale i sláva věřícího, když můžeme stát a snášet soužení v tichosti.“
Originál: (en) God takes the most eminent and choicest of His servants for the choicest and most eminent afflictions. They who have received most grace from God are able to bear most afflictions from God. Affliction does not hit the saint by chance, but by direction. God does not draw His bow at a venture. Every one of His arrows goes upon a special errand and touches no breast but his against whom it is sent. It is not only the grace, but the glory of a believer when we can stand and take affliction quietly.
Zdroj: Termín svatí nepoužívá Caryl v římskokatolickém smyslu, coby (kanonizovaní) světci, ale míní jimi věřící, znovuzrozené křesťany.
Zdroj: [Blessed, Robin P, Age of Broodin, https://books.google.cz/books?id=HQtkAwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=cs&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, Partridge, Singapore, 2014, 134, 85, 1482895544, angličtina]
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