The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Ninthly, Again, Another power of Faith is this: Faith hath power to make use of difficulties for the furtherance of the work, and therefore much more power for to carry through difficulties: Faith can bring water out of the Rock, it can make the mountains that lie in the way to be advantages to raise the heart upon: We have a notable place for this in Hebr. 11.3, 4. where it is said, Out of weakness they were made strong: not that they were made strong being weak, that they were brought out of their weakness, and had strength conveyed to them (that is not all) but it is made a fruit of their Faith, that they were made strong out of weakness: Faith did make use of their very weakness to strengthen them by; so that Faith is not only able to strengthen those that are weak, but to take advantage by weakness for to strengthen, to turn all hindrances into furtherances: for so God having promised all shall turn to good, Faith can take hold of that Promise, and so turn all hindrances that can be into furtherances: Faith hath a Chemical Art; those that have that Art will get Gold cut of Stones or Iron: So ⟨p. 144⟩Faith will draw Gold out of Iron and stones, out of things that seem to be never so cross and contrary, it will draw help.

Ninthly, Again, Another power of Faith is this: Faith hath power to make use of difficulties for the furtherance of the work, and therefore much more power for to carry through difficulties: Faith can bring water out of the Rock, it can make the mountains that lie in the way to be advantages to raise the heart upon: We have a notable place for this in Hebr. 11.3, 4. where it is said, Out of weakness they were made strong: not that they were made strong being weak, that they were brought out of their weakness, and had strength conveyed to them (that is not al) but it is made a fruit of their Faith, that they were made strong out of weakness: Faith did make use of their very weakness to strengthen them by; so that Faith is not only able to strengthen those that are weak, but to take advantage by weakness for to strengthen, to turn al hindrances into furtherances: for so God having promised all shal turn to good, Faith can take hold of that Promise, and so turn all hindrances that can be into furtherances: Faith hath a Chymical Art; those that have that Art wil get Gold cut of Stones or Iron: So