Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay affliction to those who afflict you,
D. Finally, let people, when they suffer, remember the sufferings of the Lord.  He suffered for us; and, for him, there were no sedatives, no medicines, no relief.  Contemplating the epic sorrows of the Christ is sufficient to cause nearly any sufferer to see that his sufferings are as nothing compared with the sufferings of Jesus.  And while we are about it, may we be also grateful for the ministration of physicians, nurses, hospitals and friends who can, and do, do so much to relieve the agony and the pain, and to brace the faithful heart against the slings and arrows of outrageous misfortune.