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The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Scripture saith concerning a righteous man, In Prov. 28.1. He is as bold as a Lion: if a man know he is in the way of God, he is to go on boldly like a Lion; and in Prov. 30.30. not to turn out of his way for fear of any creature. We find in scripture ⟨p. 27⟩how the Godly are commended for their resoluteness and courage of spirit, that they would not fear man and the creature.
The Scripture saith concerning a righteous man, In Prov. 28.1. He is as bold as a Lion: if a man know he is in the way of God, he is to go on boldly like a Lion; and in Prov. 30.30. not to turne out of his way for feare of any creature. We find in scripture ⟨p. 27⟩how the Godly are commended for their resoluteness and courage of spirit, that they would not fear man and the creature.
As those three Prophets. in 1 Kings. 18.17.18. Elijah, Elisha, and Micaiah. When Elijah met Ahab, Says he Art thou he that troublest Israel? No saith he, it is thou and thy fathers house. And so Elisha, when those three Kings came down to him, the King of Israel, and Jehoshaphat, and the King of Edom: says he; 2 Kings, 3.14. Were it not that I regard the presence of of Jehoshaphat King of Judah, I would not look towards thee nor see thee.