The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

USE, 1.

First, Now then let none think God to be an hard Master, in putting his servants upon such difficulties as are hard to do; though he do put them upon difficulties, yet he gives them a principle to carry them through, and then it is all one as if it were easier: Carnal hearts are ready to complain of the tediousness and hardness of Gods ways, and they are ready to complain of God as an hard Master, how are they hard and tedious? They are hard and tedious to you, because you want a principle to do them by, but they are not hard to the Christian: indeed it was cruelty, and hardness to to Pharaoh to put the Israelites upon work, and take away their straw, but God though he puts his servants ⟨p. 146⟩upon hard works, he gives them a principle whereby to do them: If a man should put another upon an hard work, and give him an engine to carry him through, then it is not hard; so though God puts them on hard works, he gives them an engine to carry them through; says Daniel 10.19. speak Lord thou hast strengthened thy servant. So a Godly man may say, true Lord I have no strength in my self, to do this difficult work, but being thou hast strengthened thy servant, and given him this strong principle in some measure, now Lord speak, Command what thou wilt.

First, Now then let none think God to be an hard Master, in putting his servants upon such difficulties as are hard to do; though he do put them upon difficulties, yet he gives them a principle to carry them through, and then it is al one as if it were easyer: Carnal hearts are ready to complaine of the tediousness and hardness of Gods waies, and they are ready to complain of God as an hard Master, how are they hard and tedious? They are hard and tedious to you, because you want a principle to do them by, but they are not hard to the Christian: indeed it was cruelty, and hardness to to Pharoah to put the Israelites upon work, and take away their straw, but God though he puts his servants