I have in the first place extracted a little from his own writing: "I am a wonder to many, and a far greater wonder to myself; and am often brought to a stand, to wonder I am out of hell; and I wonder I am suffered to live here on earth. Thus I go wondering on my journey homewards; and when I get home I shall find it the greatest of all wonders that such a mass of corruption could be raised to bliss immortal, to spend a never-ending eternity of solid joy and peace with the Lord of life and glory; there to cast all my praise and thankfulness at his feet, and ever crown him Lord of all.