Disease of Melancholy and Trouble of Mind - Letters to Sufferers 2

I have been under deep melancholy, and many temptations, and buffetings of Satan, and many have passed by me, as the Levite did the wounded man on the way to Jericho; and they have not only withdrawn from me, but censured me also. I hope I will love and pardon all those who in the hour of temptation withdrew from me, and stood afar off because of my sorrow; indeed, those who added affliction to my affliction. It would be a shame for me to complain of any unkindness of my friends, when Christ has been so kind to me. He helped me, succored me, stood by me when all forsook me; I looked on my right hand and on my left hand, and there were none who cared for my soul. Even then, the Lord appeared a present help, or else the great waters of unbelief and despair would have overwhelmed me.