George Swinnock (Works, vol. 4, pp. 40-41):
God is all good things, and every good thing. He is self-sufficient, alone-sufficient, and all-sufficient. Nothing is wanting in him, either for the soul’s protection from all evil, or perfection with all good. Reader, if God were thy portion, thou shouldst find in him whatsoever thine heart could desire, and whatsoever could tend to thy happiness.
Art thou ambitious? He is a crown of glory, and a royal diadem. Art thou covetous? He is unsearchable riches, yea, durable riches and righteousness. Art thou voluptuous? He is rivers of pleasures and fulness of joy. Art thou hungry? He is a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow. Art thou weary? He is rest, a shadow from the heat, and a shelter from the storm. Art thou weak? In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Art thou in doubts? He is marvellous in counsel. Art thou in darkness? He is the Sun of righteousness, an eternal light. Art thou sick? He is the God of thy health. Art thou sorrowful? He is the God of all consolations. Art thou dying? He is the fountain and Lord of life. Art thou in any distress? His name is a strong tower; thither thou mayest run and find safety.
He is πᾶν φάρμακον, a universal medicine against all sorts of miseries. Whatsoever thy calamity is, he could remove it; whatsoever thy necessity, he could relieve it. He is silver, gold, honour, delight, food, raiment, house, land, peace, wisdom, power, beauty, father, mother, wife, husband, mercy, love, grace, glory, and infinitely more than all these.
Art thou ambitious? He is a crown of glory, and a royal diadem. Art thou covetous? He is unsearchable riches, yea, durable riches and righteousness. Art thou voluptuous? He is rivers of pleasures and fulness of joy. Art thou hungry? He is a feast of wine on the lees, of fat things full of marrow. Art thou weary? He is rest, a shadow from the heat, and a shelter from the storm. Art thou weak? In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. Art thou in doubts? He is marvellous in counsel. Art thou in darkness? He is the Sun of righteousness, an eternal light. Art thou sick? He is the God of thy health. Art thou sorrowful? He is the God of all consolations. Art thou dying? He is the fountain and Lord of life. Art thou in any distress? His name is a strong tower; thither thou mayest run and find safety.
He is πᾶν φάρμακον, a universal medicine against all sorts of miseries. Whatsoever thy calamity is, he could remove it; whatsoever thy necessity, he could relieve it. He is silver, gold, honour, delight, food, raiment, house, land, peace, wisdom, power, beauty, father, mother, wife, husband, mercy, love, grace, glory, and infinitely more than all these.
