The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Secondly, Where there is natural audaciousness, then men are especially bold in causes that concern themselves more than in causes that concern God. When any business concerns themselves in which they are opposed, they care not for any one that have more power then them selves, but they are not so in the cause of God: but others that are truly gracious, that are fearless from their ⟨p. 51⟩faith, they are very yieldable and shamefaced in their own cause, in things that concern themselves, but in things that concern God, there doth appear another spirit, they have a new spirit.

Secondly, Where there is natural audaciousness, then men are especially bold in causes that concern themselves more than in causes that concerne God. When any business concerns themselves in which they are opposed, they care not for any one that have more power then them selves, but they are not so in the cause of God: but others that are truly gracious, that are feareless from their ⟨p. 51⟩faith, they are very yeildable and shamefaced in their own cause, in things that concern themselves, but in •hings that concern God, there doth appear another spirit, they have a new spirit.

Thirdly, Where the boldness is merely natural, there is a curing of one passion with another; but the boldness that comes from faith is the curing of passion with the contrary grace. As thus, where the boldness comes from natural audaciousness, there is the curing of the passion of fear with the passion of wrath and anger, they are never fearless and bold, but when their passion of anger is stirred up: where faith cures the passion of fear, it cures it not by stirring up another passion, but by Sanctifying of this, and bringing in the true fear of God into the soul, it doth not put out one evil with another, but puts out an evil with a stream of the contrary good.

Thirdly, Where the boldness is meerly natural, there is a curing of one passion with another; but the boldness that comes from faith is the curing of passion with the contrary grace. As thus, where the boldness comes from natural audaciousness, there is the curing of the passion of fear with the passion of wrath and anger, they are never fearless and bold, but when their passion of anger is stirred up: where faith cures the passion of fear, it cures it not by stirring up another passion, but by Sanctifying of this, and bringing in the true fear of God into the soul, it doth not put out one evil with another, but puts out an evil with a stream of the contrary good.