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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.
Why should wicked men be feared that are compared to such base things? Thus God judgeth of them, and those that have Faith should judge so of them. But they have a great deal of power and much strength.
Why should wicked men be feared that are compared to such base things? Thus God judgeth of them, and those that have Faith should judge so of them. But they have a great deale of power and much strength.
Secondly, Let us therefore consider what God speaks concerning the power of wicked men.
1. It is all but a Noise Jer. 46.17. Egypt was a great Kingdom, and the King of Egypt with all his power is but a noise.
2. All their power is but a little small dust Isa. 29.5.