The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Surely this strength must enable to do mighty things, and this strength is a Believers own, to work for him, and assist him in any service. What a shameful thing is it for any Christian to complain of the want of strength in the performance of Duty, when such a strength as this is made over to him, and he by Faith may fetch it in, employ it, and make use of it as his own?

Surely this strength must enable to do mighty things, and this strength is a Beleevers own, to work for him, and assist him in any service. What a shameful thing is it for any Christian to complain of the want of strength in the performance of Duty, when such a strength as this is made over to him, and he by Faith may fetch it in, imploy it, and make use of it as his own?

Another place to show what strength it is that Faith doth bring in, it is that in Col. 1.11. Strengthened with all might according to his glorious Power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness. Now if in your lives you would show that which is proper to a Christian, you must do that which must manifest a ⟨p. 137⟩glorious power of God. Now what is it that you do, or have done in all your lives, that doth manifest a glorious power of God? This shows the glory of a Christian, that all that see him may say, the power of Nature could not do this, the power of Grace could not do this, and the power of all Creatures in Heaven and Earth could not do this, yea, it is more than an ordinary power of God, it is a glorious power of God that must enable him to do this. But though the power of God be glorious, it is not always put forth in enabling men to do duties; but it is sometimes put forth in enabling of them with patience to undergo that which is laid upon them as well as to do great things: may be you do not find the glorious power of God for to enable you to do great works; God would sometimes have his glorious power work to make you patient; therefore you must not only be patient, as an ordinary man or woman, but be so patient as to show you have a glorious power of God to make you patient. Sometimes you have been crossed, and have had afflictions upon you, that have been sore afflictions, and have been long upon you, and may be you have been patient, but you must be so patient as to manifest the glorious power of God in your patience; and therefore though I have been somewhat patient, yet, have I been so patient as to manifest the glorious power of God in it? and have I been so long suffering towards those that have crossed me, as to manifest the glorious power of God in it? Faith doth fetch in strength to enable to do that. And that is the second thing that Faith doth to carry through difficult services, it doth fetch in the greatest strength.