The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

2. When any are put to Flee danger, let them be careful they leave as little guilt behind them in that place they Flee from as possibly they can, let them labour to purge out the guilt they brought on that place as much as they can, for there are none, that have not only brought guilt upon their own consciences, but upon the place where they lived, and consider whether that were your care to remove the guilt from the place, and if it ⟨p. 75⟩were not our care, now we are gone, let us mourn for our sins, so as they may not bring judgment upon the place.

2. When any are put to Flee danger, let them be careful they leave as little guilt behind them in that place they Flee from as possibly they can, let them labor to purge out the guilt they brought on that place as much as they can, for there are none, that have not only brought guilt upon their own consciences, but upon the place where they lived, and consider whether that were your care to remove the guilt from the place, and if it ⟨p. 75⟩were not our care, now we are gone, let us mourn for our sins, so as they may not bring judgment upon the place.

Again, in the place into which we are Fled let us labour so to carry our selves as the name of God may not suffer among us, that they should have occasion to say, these are the men that Flee for religion, do they live as such? but let us labour so to walk as they may say, these people that make conscience of their ways, surely they did come for conscience sake; Their ways are according to that they profess. We have a notable expression of some that came from another country for religion, and yet walked so offensively, as the name of God suffered much by them that the heathen said, These are the people of the Lord and are gone forth out of his land, Ezekiel. 36.20. we dare not say we are among heathens, but when they were among heathens they profaned my holy name says God: and so many Fleeing from their own Country, profane the name of God in another Country, that give occasion to the people among whom they are Fled to say, look here are some that are gone from their own Land, that profess themselves to be the people of the Lord, and to Flee for religion, look what kind of people they are; thus Gods name is profaned, let us take heed that we give no such occasion to the people with whom we live to say, these are the people of the Lord that are Fled for religion.