Be acquainted with this heavenly work, and thou wilt in some degree be acquainted with God: thy joys will be spiritual, prevalent, and lasting, according to the nature of their blessed object; thou wilt have comfort in life and death; when thou hast neither wealth, nor health, nor the pleasure of this world, yet wilt thou have comfort; without the presence or help of any friend, without a minister, and without a book, when all means are denied thee, or taken from thee, yet mayest thou have vigorous, real comfort. Thy graces will be mightily active, and victorious; and daily joy, which is thus fetched from heaven, will be thy strength. Thou wilt be as one that stands on the top of an exceeding high mountain; he looks down on the world as if it were quite below him–fields and woods, cities and towns, seem to him but little spots. Thus despicably wilt thou look on all things here below. The greatest princes will seem but as grasshoppers; the busy, contentious, covetous world, but as  a heap of ants. Men’s threatenings will be no terror to thee, nor the honours of this world any strong enticement; temptations will be more harmless, as having lost their strength; and afflictions less grievous as having lost their sting; and every mercy will be better known, and better relished.
—Richard Baxter