no complaint

[i have no reason to complain of any crosses, because they are the bitter fruit of my sin. nothing shall hurt us but sin; and that shall not hurt us, if we can repent of it. and nothing can do us good but the love and favour of GOD in Christ; and that we shall have if we seek it in good earnest. afflictions are GOD's potions, which we may sweeten by faith and prayer; but we often make them bitter, by putting into GOD’s cup the ill ingredients of impatience and unbelief. there is no affliction so small but we shall sink under it, if GOD uphold us not: and there is no sin so great but we shall commit it, if GOD restrain us not. a man who hath the spirit of prayer hath more than if he hath all the world. and no man is in a bad condition, but he who hath a hard heart and cannot pray...]

John Dod

The Lives of the Puritans, V. III