“Let a man be ever so bent upon building [a house]… yet, if the Lord does not give success, it will all be in vain; the building will fall down, or be consumed by fire before it is finished; or by one providence or another he will be obliged to desist from it, as in the case of the builders of the tower and city of Babel... Whether it be understood of a family… or whether it be understood of the church of God… yet if the Lord does not prosper the work, all is in vain. For the principal builder is God.” -John Gill