And patience experience
As tribulations tend to exercise and increase patience, so
patience being exercised and increased, enlarges the saints'
stock and fund of experience; of the love and grace of God
communicated to them at such seasons; of his faithfulness in
fulfilling his promises; of his power in supporting them; and of
their own frailty and weakness; and so are taught humility,
thankfulness, and resignation to the will of God:
and experience, hope;
hope is a gift of God's grace, and is implanted in regeneration,
but abounds, increases, and becomes more strong and lively by
experience of the love, grace, mercy, power, and faithfulness of
God.