The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

And so that which is said concerning Jeremiah in Chap. 15.12. Shall iron break the Northern Iron and the steel? though they were as Iron that reasoned against ⟨p. 28⟩Jeremiah, yet Jeremiah was to be as steel when Iron Strikes against Steel. It doth not break it, but brighten it; and so all the opposition that Jeremiah had from all the great ones was but as the striking of Iron against Steel, it did not break his spirit but brighten it. And that of the three Children in Dan. 3.16. Shows the magnanimous spirit that they had. We are not careful to answer thee in this matter. And so that speech of Saint Paul. Acts, 21.13. What mean you to weep and break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And so that which is said concerning Jeremiah in Chap. 15.12. Shall iron breake the Northern Iron and the steele? though they were as Iron that reasoned aagainst ⟨p. 28⟩Jeremiah, yet Jeremiah was to be as steel when Iron Strikes against Steel. It doth not break it, but brighten it; and so al the opposition that Jeremiah had from all the great ones was but as the striking of Iron against Steel, it did not break his spirit but brighten it. And that of the three Children in Dan. 3.16. Shews the magnanimous spirit that they had. We are not careful to answer thee in this matter. And so that speech of Saint Paul. Acts, 21.13. What meane you to weep and break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but to dy at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

And so many expressions we have of the Martyrs in the Primitive times. Justin Martyr making his apology for the Christians to Antonius Pius, saith he; we do not speak to dissemble to you, but for our own right, we can be hurt by no man, you can kill us, but not hurt us, if you like mad men will observe the customs of men before the truths of God, do then, we will not.