“Well!  A tempted soul, when it is worse with him, may safely argue thus:  If God were not my friend, Satan would not be so much my enemy; if there were not something of God within me, Satan would never make such attempts to storm me; if the love of God were not set upon me, Satan would never shoot so many fiery darts to wound me; if the heart of God were not toward me, the hand of Satan would not be so strong against me.”  (Thomas Brooks  1608-1680)