tions, what they should do and what they should not do, so that one would say that God is solely occupied in caring for His creatures.
The world ignores all these loving contrivances of Divine Providence. The wordlings judge of the different accidents which occur to well-to-do people, in the same way they passed their judgment on the adversities of Joseph, but they did not see the resources of Divine Providence which made everything turn to the advantage of His elect — according to the words of the Apostle, Diligentibus Deutn, omnia co-operantur in bonum.
Let all the world rise up in arms against the servants of God, what have they to fear when under the protection of their Divine Master? The malice of men cannot hurt them.
Let them employ all possible cunning to disquiet them, let them use every kind of cruel torture to destroy their bodies, even let all hell be unloosed against them, what have they to dread, if God is for them?
He who has given us life will give us wherewith to sustain it. He who feeds the thief, will He not feed the innocent? And if He takes care of His enemies, what will He not do for His friends? You cannot place yourself into better hands than He who made you what you are. He who has been so good to you before you were what you are, can He leave you uncared for, now that you are what He would wish you to be?
