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The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs
The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs ; published by Thomas Goodwin ... [et al.]
London: printed by Peter Cole and Edward Cole, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. If you have faith though you be called to difficult things, you cannot be called to a more difficult work than you have done already, and this is a great encouragement to faith: the weakest believer in the world hath done as difficult a work as ever any shall be called to besides that, viz. the work of believing at first, when we look upon our selves as enemies to God, for God to justify the ungodly, this is a more difficult work then ever God will call you to; and therefore if God hath carried you through the difficulties in the point of justification, never fear any difficulties that may follow hereafter: If a man be called to any hard thing he comforts himself in this, I am not called to a harder then I have done already, suppose God hath called you to an hard duty this not an harder duty then that you have done already, that is the work of faith in closing with Christ in the point of justification.
1. If you have faith though you be called to difficult things, you cannot be called to a more difficult work than you have done already, and this is a great encouragement to faith: the weakest beleever in the world hath done as difficult a work as ever any shall be called to besides that, viz. the work of beleeving at first, when we look upon our selves as enemies to God, for God to justify the ungodly, this is a more difficult work then ever God will call you to; and therefore if God hath carried you through the difficulties in the point of justification, never fear any difficulties that may follow hereafter: If a man be called to any hard thing he comforts himself in this, I am not called to a harder then I have done already, suppose God hath called you to an hard duty this not an harder duty then that you have done already, that is the work of faith in closing with Christ in the point of justification.
2. Though you know God will call you to hard things, God hath engaged himself that you shall never have any temptation befall you, but you shall have strength accordingly.