Psalms 73:14

Psalms 73:14. For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

Cannot you imagine a son of very wise parents, and very loving parents, saying, "Why, look at that boy in the street! He has no father to flog him, no mother to scold him, he can do just as he likes; but, as for me, if I do a little wrong, I am whipped for it?" Ah, my lad! the day will come when you will not envy the street-boy and you will be thankful then that you were not in his position. The child of God, if he sins, will have to smart for it; and there is nothing more dreadful than to be allowed to sin without being made to suffer. God save us from being given up to such a state as that!