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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.
Fifthly, The foundation of Man.
It is in the dust, Job. 4.19. and that which hath no foundation but the dust, it hath no great strength.
Sixthly, The life of man.
Some times compared to a bubble and a vapour; a weavers shuttle, and the wind in Job, 7.6, 7, he is compared to the Eagle flying in the air, and to the Ship in the midst of the Sea, and as the days of an Hireling, Job. 7.1. And as a shadow. Job, 8.9. He is such a poor creature, that the moth crusheth him. Job. 4, 19. Now that which can crush a man must have a great deal of power over him: And his days are but as a hand breadth.