The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Sixthly, Faith carries through difficult works, things that are hard to be done, because by faith it is that the soul of a believer hath much to do with God, with the supreme Cause, with the highest cause of all, and by reason of Faith the great things that he undertakes are transacted between God and him; the chief difficulty of business lies most in second causes, in under causes, now if so be the thing be clear between the supreme cause, and the agent that undertakes the work, it may go on and that with ease. As many times in the business and affairs of a country, if a man have to do with many under Officers he may have a great deal of difficulty in his work, in passing through them, but if the business be transacted between him and the King and ⟨p. 142⟩all be clear there, he may carry his business with ease; so all the business of a believer is transacted between God and him, and faith keeps the soul to the supreme cause and works it that way, and this must needs procure much ease to a service, because the supreme cause depends on no inferior, but all inferior depends upon it and the supreme cause is enough to work without any inferior causes, and no inferior can any way resist the working of the supreme; yea it is a great particular of the glory of the supreme cause, to work above and beyond all inferior causes, and faith having to deal with that, it is not so much scared with difficulties as others are

Sixthly, Faith carries through difficult works, things that are hard to be done, because by faith it is that the soul of a beleever hath much to do with God, with the supream Cause, with the highest cause of all, and by reason of Faith the great things that he undertakes are transacted between God and him; the cheif difficulty of business lies most in second causes, in under causes, now if so be the thing be cleare between the supreame cause, and the agent that undertakes the work, it may go on and that with ease. As many times in the business and affaires of a country, if a man have to do with many under Officers he may have a great deal of difficulty in his work, in passing through them, but if the business be transacted between him and the King and ⟨p. 142⟩all be cleare there, he may carry his business with ease; so all the business of a beleever is transacted between God and him, and faith keeps the soul to the supreame cause and works it that way, and this must needs procure much ease to a service, because the supream cause depends on no inferior, but all inferior depends upon it and the supream cause is enough to work without any inferior causes, and no inferior can any way resist the working of the supream; yea it is a great particular of the glory of the supream cause, to work above and beyond all inferior causes, and faith having to deal with that, it is not so much scared with difficulties as others are