of
his
wealth,
which
we
may
consider
as
setting
forth
gifts
and
graces;
then
of
his
children;
this
signifies
the
destruction
of
natural
sensibilities,
and
of
our
own
works,
which
are
as
our
children
and
our
most
cherished
possessions
:
then
God
deprived
him
of
his
health,
which
symbolises
the
loss
of
virtue
;
then
He
touched
his
person,
rendering
him
an
object
of
horror
and
contempt.
It
even
appears
that
this
holy
man
was
guilty
of
sin,
and
failed
in
resignation
;
he
was
accused
by
his
friends
of
being
justly
punished
for
his
crimes
;
there
was
no
healthy
part
left
in
him.
But
after
he
had
been
brought
down
to
the
dunghill,
and
reduced
as
it
were
to
a
corpse,
did
not
God
restore
everything
to
him,
his
wealth,
his
children,
his
health,
and
his
life?
It
is
the
same
with
spiritual
resurrection
;
every-thing
is
restored,
with
a
wonderful
power
to
use
it
without
being
defiled
by
it,
clinging
to
it
with-out
appropriating
it
as
before.
All
is
done
in
God,
and
things
are
used
as
though
they
were
not
used.
It
is
here
that
true
liberty
and
true
life
are
found.
**If
we
have
been
planted
in
the
likeness
of
Christ's
death,
we
shall
be
also
in
the
likeness
of
