A30570:268

The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Name: The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
Author: Jeremiah Burroughs

The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661

[12], 215 p. · 74k words · Wing B6066 · ESTC R25757

Title page of the 1662 edition: Internet Archive scan of the Early English Books microfilm (opens the Internet Archive in a new tab)

Chapter 8

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.

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Secondly, Let us therefore consider what God speaks concerning the power of wicked men.

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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.

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2. All their power is but a little small dust Isa. 29.5.

2. All their power is but a litle small dust Isa. 29.5.

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3. In all their power, they are but as a company of beasts, or little children that have reeds in their hands. Psal. 68.30. Rebuke the company of Spearmen, the multitude of the beasts. The word translated Spearmen is rather to be translated Children that carry Reeds instead of Spears.

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The book

Title as printed

The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]

Author

Jeremiah Burroughs 1599–1646

Place

London

Printer

Peter Cole and Edward Cole

Year

1661

Size

[12], 215 p.

Words

74,273

Catalogue

Wing B6066 · ESTC R25757

Text

EEBO-TCP A30570

Passages

821

Sections

Title page

Reformers309

Puritans1,782

Westminster Assembly24

Evangelicals36