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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.
9. And they are as a Garment that the moth hath eaten. Job. 13.28.
10. And they are compared To the fat of Lambs before the fire. Psal. 37.20. And as Snow melting before the Sun.
First consider what man is in himself; and wicked man in his baseness and power, and how near they ⟨p. 49⟩are to destruction, and this is a mighty means to help against fear. Oh! Let us be ashamed, that profess our selves to have Faith, and yet when we see how the Scripture doth judg of men, that we should be so conscious to our selves of so much fear of wicked men, how they will Crush us, and we shall never go on in quiet before them, and they are ready to put us out of our way.
First consider what man is in himself; and wicked man in his baseness and power, and how neer they ⟨p. 49⟩are to destruction, and this is a mighty meanes to help against feare. Oh! Let us be ashamed, that profess our selves to have Faith, and yet when we see how the Scripture doth judg of men, that we should be so conscious to our selves of so much fear of wicked men, how they will Crush us, and we shall never goe on in quiet before them, and they are ready to put us out of our way.