The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

WE come now to the next Doctrinal conclusion which was raised from hence, there was a time when Moses was afraid, he did forsake Egypt out of fear; now Moses by faith did forsake Egypt and was not afraid; The Point is.

WEE come now to the next Doctrinal conclusion which was raised from hence, there was a time when Moses was affraid, he did forsake Egypt out of fear; now Moses by faith did forsake Egypt and was not affraid; The Point is.

Doct. There is a great deal of difference between the Spirits of Gods people at some time, from that they are at other times.

Now Moses seems to have further courage and strength then formerly; we have many examples in scripture, and daily experience of this that there is a wonderful difference between the spirits of Gods people at sometimes and at other times, As Elijah was a man of mighty courage that could look Ahab on the face, and when Ahab said, art thou he that troublest Israel, nay (saith he) it is thou and thy Fathers house, at another time he fled from Jezebel, and God said to him, what dost thou here Elijah, art thou fleeing from a woman that but the other day hadst such a courage: And so David, there was a time when David was afraid; and behaved himself with much folly in his fear, as in the change of his behaviour before the King of Gath, at another time as in Psalm. 23. He would not fear what man could do unto him, though he walked in the valley of the shadow of Death. And so in many Psalms you have his heart mightily dejected in the beginning of the Psalm and before he had done mightily raised: And so Abraham sometime he had mighty strength and confidence of his Faith, at other times his faith failed him, and he was fain to equivocate, and shift for himself, And so Jeremiah God said he would make him as a Brazen wall, and he would give him a spirit of courage, at another time Jeremiah was mightily dejected because of the reproach he met withal, and he would speak no more in the name of God unto the people. And so Peter there was a time when he was afraid of a poor damsel, at other times who so bold as Peter, as in