The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

A believing soul hath been conversant with other manner of fears than the wrath of a King, namely, the wrath of an infinite God, a believer knows what the wrath of a Deity means, what the terror of conscience, and the curse of the Law, and the flashes of Hell mean, and he hath had some experience concerning the fear of these, and he hath received some thing of the spirit of bondage, that hath caused him to fear other manner of things than the fear of man, and when faith comes, that hath delivered the soul from these fears, others must needs vanish; the power of faith soon extinguisheth them 1 Sam. 17.37. As David when he was delivered from the Mouth of the Lion, and the paw of the Bear, he was not afraid of Goliath: so a believing soul is not afraid of the wrath of man, because it hath been delivered by faith, from the wrath of an infinite Deity, and the terrors of the Law and of Conscience.

A beleeving soul hath been conversant with other manner of fears than the wrath of a King, namely, the wrath of an infinite God, a beleever knows what the wrath of a Deity means, what the terrour of conscience, and the curse of the Law, and the flashes of Hell meane, and he hath had some experience concerning the feare of these, and he hath received some thing of the spirit of bondage, that hath caused him to feare other manner of things than the feare of man, and when faith comes, that hath delivered the soul from these fears, others must needs vanish; the power of faith soon extinguisheth them 1 Sam. 17.37. As David when he was delivered from the Mouth of the Lion, and the paw of the Beare, he was not affraid of Goliah: so a beleeving soul is not affraid of the wrath of man, because it hath been delivered by faith, from the wrath of an infinite Deity, and the terrors of the Law and of Conscience.

In the 51. of Isa. 22. Mark how God brings the deliverance of his people from the fear of his wrath, as an argument to strengthen them against all other fears. Behold I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the Cup of my fury. To what end is this spoken? In the beginning of the next chapter (for Chapters were not divided by the Prophets, but afterward, and therefore they have an immediate connection to one another) Awake, awake, put on thy strength O Zion, put on thy beautiful garments. So saith faith to a believing soul, why art thou afraid of the wrath and displeasure of men, be not fearful, for I have taken out of thy hand the cup of trembling: there was a time wherein there was a cup of trembling in