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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.
Answ. First, When your hearts are up, labour to make use of that grace that raised your hearts; improve it so as to make your hearts more holy, and more upright. A Tree if it sprout upward only, and do not run down in the root proportionably, it will wither, and die: and so if grace do work only upward in abilities, and performances of duties, and joy, and such things, and do not proportionably work downward in the root, it is like it will come to little, and you will soon lose all.
Answ. First, When your hearts are up, labor to make use of that grace that raised your hearts; improve it so as to make your hearts more holy, and more upright. A Tree if it sprout upward only, and do not run down in the root proportionably, it wil wither, and die: and so if grace do work only upward in abilities, and performances of duties, and joy, and such things, and do not proportionably work downward in the root, it is like it will come to little, and you will soon lose all.
Secondly, Work that grace you find in your inward, as well as outward man: Do not think it enough that you have stirrings of Grace to enable you to do duties, but improve this grace for the working out of corruption: consider the corruptions of your heart, and now take the advantage to work them out.
Secondly, Work that grace you find in your inward, as wel as outward man: Do not think it enough that you have stirrings of Grace to enable you to do duties, but improve this grace for the working out of corruption: consider the corruptions of your heart, and now take the advantage to work them out.
Thirdly, be sure you take nothing that is Gods due at this time; that is, if God have raised your hearts, though the peace and joy of it be yours, the Glory of it is Gods, do not be fingering of that, take heed of lifting up of your hearts in a way of pride, it is enough your heart is lifted up in a way of grace, and you must be content with that, but many when God gives them a lift in a way of Grace, they cannot be content with their