"When men are in trouble, they are apt to blame God. But the blame lies with themselves. 'Are these his doings?' (Micah 2:7). Does the good Lord arbitrarily cause sorrow? No, they are the fruits of sin, the results of backslidding." (from Spurgeon's Sermon Notes, commenting on Micah 2:7,8: "O thou that are named the house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the Lord straightened? Are these his doings? Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy.").
Recommended reading:
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
A Defense of Calvinism - by Charles Spurgeon
