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"Nay, I may better that," said Ralph, "for I have wherewithal." "Nevertheless," said the carle, "we will go thither, for here is it too open for so small a company as ours, since this want-way hath an ill name, and I shall lead thee whereas we shall be somewhat out of the way of murder-carles. So come on, if thou trusteth in me."
'Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, saith the Lard; but the beasts be truer, thanks to the wickedness o' God, who's spared 'em the curse o' brain paarts, but stricken man wi' a mighty intelligence. 'Twas a fine an' cruel act, for the more mind the more misery. 'Twas a damned act sure 'nough!
This is the goodness of God, the which, as the prophet saith, forsaketh none that truly trusteth in Him with will of amendment; and sith that all amendment standeth in two that is, in leaving of evil and doing of good means to get these two are none readier than the ghostly working of these two thoughts touched before.
Here is a rule how we shall behave us in time of temptation: "When temptation," she saith, "ariseth in us, we should never dispute nor make questions; for that is," she saith, "that the fiend most seeketh of us for to fall in questions with him. He trusteth so highly in the great subtlety of his malice, that he should overcome us with his sophistical reasons.
In this his way, which yet is a false way, "he trusteth," Hosea x. 13, he leaneth upon it, little knowing that it will fail him at length, and that he and his hope and confidence shall perish. Is it not strange then to see men and women "gading about to seek their way," as it is said, Jer. ii. 36. as if they could find it out; or as if they could of themselves fall upon the way.
So saying, he took from a shelf, where he kept a little store of Scriptures, a new Bible, and sitting down, wrote Lydia Philips's name within the cover, and his own beneath it as the giver; and then, below all, the two texts, "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee;" and, "Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom."
But he that trusteth in his own righteousness doth not believe, neither in the truth, nor sufficiency of the righteousness of Christ to save him, therefore he shall be damned. But how is it manifest, that he that trusteth to his own righteousness, doth it through a doubt, or unbelief of the truth or sufficiency of the righteousness of Christ? I answer, because he trusteth to his own.
We, too, may have all that gladdened the hearts and stayed the spirits of the saints of old. 'Oh! taste and see that God is good. 'Blessed is the man that trusteth in Him. So, too, God's gift produces man's praise. What is it that He desires from us? Nothing but our thankful recognition and reception of His benefits.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
Listen to the sayings of the Wisest King of men: "As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation." "The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead." "He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch." "Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without right."
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