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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.
If a soldier be not acquainted with the way of his General, when he seeth him undertake great things, and brings them into danger he is afraid: but one that is acquainted with the way of his General, how he will lay his stratagems, and knows that it is his way to go through such dangers, he is not afraid: And so it is true; carnal Hearts as soon as they see any danger, they are afraid, because they have not the skill to understand the mind and will of God in his way towards his people, when as the people of God know, that it is the ordinary way of God to work good out of Evil.
If a souldier be not acquainted with the way of his General, when he seeth him undertake great things, and brings them into danger he is affraid: but one that is acquainted with the way of his General, how he will lay his stratagems, and knows that it is his way to go through such dangers, he is not affraid: And so it is true; carnal Hearts assoon as they see any danger, they are affraid, because they have not the skil to understand the mind and will of God in his way towards his people, when as the people of God know, that it is the ordinary way of God to work good out of Evil.
As Luther says, He doth kill that he may quicken, and cast down, that he may raise up, And the like; ⟨p. 41⟩and so he goes on in three or four lines together: but saith he, For to know this, this is the art of arts, and the Knowledge of Knowledges, very few do know and understand this way of God. It is a secret that God doth discover only to those that fear him; Faith doth not make one like a Child to know nothing, but doth Doctrinate the Soul in the ways of God, and so doth enable it to overcome fears.
As Luther saies, He doth kill that he may quicken, and cast down, that he may raise up, And the like; ⟨p. 41⟩and so he goes on in three or four lines together: but saith he, For to know this, this is the art of arts, and the Knowledg of Knowledges, very few do know and understand this way of God. It is a secret that God doth discover only to those that fear him; Faith doth not make one like a Child to know nothing, but doth Doctrinate the Soul in the waies of God, and so doth enable it to overcome fears.