The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Answ. There are many things.

First, Faith doth it by settling the heart upon the surest ground; if a man be set fast upon a ground that is sure, and unmovable, it may do great things: as one thought, if he could but have a sure ground, he might make such an Engine as to shake the Earth. Now faith sets the heart upon a sure ground, Gods Call; Faith doth not only show a Christian his duty, and tell him what God doth call him to (that may be done by bare knowledge) but Faith settles the heart upon Gods Promises, it doth bring unto the heart the Authority, Majesty, and Sovereignty of God in this his Call, and that hath a great deal of strength upon the heart to make it go through difficulty.

First, Faith doth it by setling the heart upon the surest ground; if a man be set fast upon a ground that is sure, and unmovable, it may do great things: as one thought, if he could but have a sure ground, he might make such an Engine as to shake the Earth. Now faith sets the heart upon a sure ground, Gods Call; Faith doth not only shew a Christian his duty, and tell him what God doth call him to (that may be done by bare knowledg) but Faith settles the heart upon Gods Promises, it doth bring unto the heart the Authority, Majesty, and Soveraignty of God in this his Call, and that hath a great deal of strength upon the heart to make it go through difficulty.

Secondly, Faith doth fetch in the greatest strength, and doth bring it into the soul, it doth not only make the strength of God to be his, but the glorious strength of God, the chief of Gods strength (to speak after the manner of men) if there be any thing more glorious in the strength of God than other, Faith doth fetch in that for the strengthening of the soul in the service of God. For that we have two or three notable Scriptures,