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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.
Reason, 6.
The Sixth Reason is because sometimes the breathings of Gods spirit, not only in consolation but in assistance comes more fully then at other times: The spirit of God bloweth where it listeth, and when it listeth, John, 3.8. Sometimes more fully, sometimes more scantly. Says Christ in Math. 10.19. In that hour shall it be given you, as Mr. Glover. When he was in his dumps before, yet when he was at the stake he cried to his friend Austin, he is come, he is come. And so it was with Sampson, sometimes the miraculous work of Gods spirit came upon him, and then he was strong: and so in a spiritual way, the spirit of God comes upon his people and then they are strong, though they were weak before, Isa. 59.19. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. So when there comes a strong temptation like a flood that would bear him down, then the spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard and come in with abundance of assistance.
The Sixth Reason is because sometimes the breathings of Gods spirit, not only in consolation but in assistance comes more fully then at other times: The spirit of God bloweth where it listeth, and when it listeth, John, 3.8. Sometimes more fully, somtimes more scantly. Saies Christ in Math. 10.19