The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

As Moses, when the rod was turned into a Serpent, the Magicians turned their rods into serpents, but the text saith, in Exod. 7.12. that Moses Serpent did devour the Magicians Serpents. So there is enough in the true fear of God to take up all the soul, that it hath no space for the fear of Man; As when God is truly worshipped, there he is only worshipped: so when God is truly feared there he is only feared, and all other fears are in subordination to that. Where God is truly feared nothing else is feared, and indeed nothing else need be feared: As where God is not feared, no creature can help us: so where God is feared no creature can hurt us, in Hosea. 10.3. Because we feared not the Lord, What then should a King do to us? so on the contrary, because we fear the Lord, what then can a King, what can all the power in the world do against us?

As Moses, when the rod was turned into a Serpent, the Magicians turned their rods into serpents, but the text saith, in Exod. 7.12. that Moses Serpent did devour the Magicians Serpents. So there is enough in the true feare of God to take up al the soul, that it hath no space for the fear of Man; As when God is truly worshipped, there he is only worshipped: so when God is truly feared there he is only feared, and all other fears are in subordination to that. Where God is truly feared nothing else is feared, and indeed nothing else need be feared: As where God is not feared, no creature can help us: so where God is feared no creature can hurt us, in Hosea. 10.3. Because we feared not the Lord, What then should a King do to us? so on the contrary, because we feare the Lord, what then can a King, what can all the power in the world do against us?

Fifthly, Faith doth discover unto the soul, that it hath more with it than against it. You know the Prophets ⟨p. 36⟩