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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.
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.
Fourthly, Where men are naturally audacious, and bold, usually their boldness hinders their consultation, they have not command over their spirits, they are carried on rashly and headily in their boldness: therefore in Isa. 35.4. The word that is translated fearful, it signifies a rash heart, it is the same word you have in Isa. 32.4. The heart of the rash shall understand knowledge: to show that fearfulness doth cause rashness where it is immoderate; but where fear is moderate, and guided right, it makes men to have power to consult of things and advise of things, and examine of things: but your bold, impudent people care not, nor consider not what they say, but where fear is rightly ordered by saith, the heart is able to consider and advise best.