The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

It is a passage in the book of Job. Job, 38.17. when God would bring Job to fear, saith God, you seem to have some boldness: but have you seen the gates of death? and hath the shadow of death been made known to you? that were another matter if you had gone through those fears, and yet were bold; but a believing soul may say, yea Lord the gates of death, and the shadow of death hath been in some measure made known to me, and yet I am bold.

It is a passage in the book of Job. Job, 38.17. when God would bring Job to feare, saith God, you seem to have some boldness: but have you seen the gates of death? and hath the shadow of death been made known to you? that were another matter if you had gone through those fears, and yet were bold; but a beleeving soul may say, yea Lord the gates of death, and the shadow of death hath been in some measure made known to me, and yet I am bold.

The Prophet saith in Jer. 17.17. Be not thou a terror to me, for thou art my hope in the day of evil. Lord let me be delivered from thy terror and all the world shall not terrify me. Those that have been brought up delicately, and know not what any danger means, if they hear of any commotion and danger, they tremble, but those that are used to wars, that continually heat the noise of Cannons, and see the affrighting objects, and desperate things that are there, they are not so soon made afraid, because they have been where terrors have been, and have been delivered from them and so a believing soul hath been acquainted with other manner of terrors than the terrors of men, and faith delivering from them, will deliver from these.

The Prophet saith in Jer. 17.17. Be not thou a terror to me, for thou art my hope in the day of evil. Lord let me be delivered from thy terror and all the world shall not terrifie me. Those that have been brought up delicately, and know not what any danger means, if they heare of any commotion and danger, they tremble, but those that are used to warrs, that continually heate the noise of Cannons, and see the affrighting objects, and desperate things that are there, they are not so soon made affraid, because they have been where terrors have been, and have been delivered from them and so a beleeving soul hath been acquainted with other manner of terrors than the terrors of men, and faith delivering from them, will deliver from these.