Andrew Gray (Works, p. 57):
The sweetness of faith may appear by this, that it enableth a Christian to rejoice under the most anxious and afflicting dispensations that he meeteth with while he is here below; as is clear from Rom. 5:1, 5, where his being justified by faith, hath this fruit attending it, to joy in tribulation; and likewise from Heb. 10:34, 35. Doth not faith hold the crown in the right hand, and let Christians behold the infinite dignities that are provided unto them after they have, as a strong man, run their race? And when a Christian is put into a furnace hot seven times more than ordinary, it bringeth down the Son of Man, Jesus Christ, to walk with them in the furnace; so that they walk safely, and with joy, through fire and water; and in a manner, they can have no cross in his company. For would ye know what is the description of a cross? It is to want Christ in any estate. And would ye know what is the description of prosperity? It is to have Christ in any condition or state in life. What can ye want that have him? And what can ye have that want him? He is that All; so that all things beside him are but vanity.
