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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.
Secondly being a work of Faith, thou mayest have abundance of peace, and joy in it, we never have gone through difficulty but it is pleasant to us, if we have gone some voyage, and have passed through difficulties, through many storms, and tempests, we prize it, the water that David longed for, when it was got with so much difficulty, he thought it too good to drink, but poured it before the Lord. In 2 Sam. 23.16.17. As ⟨p. 154⟩Jacob says of the portion he gave to Joseph, Gen. 48.22. This I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow. So any thing that we get hardly it is the more prized: so that when we get through difficulties by our faith: that we should prize much, and rejoice in.
Secondly being a work of Faith, thou mayest have abundance of peace, and joy in it, we never have gone through difficulty but it is pleasant to us, if we have gone some voyage, and have passed through difficulties, through many storms, and tempests, we prize it, the water that David longed for, when it was got with so much difficulty, he thought it too good to drink, but powred it before the Lord. In 2 Sam. 23.16.17. As ⟨p. 154⟩Jacob saies of the portion he gave to Joseph, Gen. 48.22. This I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow. So any thing that we get hardly it is the more prized: so that when we get through difficulties by our faith: that we should prize much, and rejoyce in.
Thirdly, If so be that Faith hath carried thee through difficulty, Let this encourage thee for ever for time to come; certainly there is no difficulty will stand before thee: if difficulties have begun to fall, they will fall, and will not be able to stand before thee. You may reason as Hamans friends, If thou beginnest to fall before Mordecai, thou wilt fall, Est. 6.13. and therefore thou mayest call this work by the name that David called that place where his enemies began to fall before him; Baal-perizem, because God had made a breach upon his enemies,