The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

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, 2 Sam. 5.20. he took that but as a pledge that God would make all his enemies fall before him. And so, hath God made some difficulties fall before thee; then all difficulties will fall.

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 wil stand before thee: if difficulties have begun to fal, they wil fal, and wil 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 maist cal this work by the name that David called that place where his enemies began to fal before him; Baal-perizem, because God had made a breach upon his enemies, 2 Sam. 5.20. he took that but as a pledg that God would make al his enemies fal before him. And so, hath God made some difficulties fal before thee; then al difficulties wil fal.

Fourthly, Let God have all the glory, neither thy self, nor the means; those things that we do by Faith, God is in them, little of our selves, or nothing at all; Boasting is excluded, says the Apostle, Rom. 3.27. By the Law of Faith, or by the Law of Works? By the Law of Faith, and therefore that which is done by faith, excludes all boasting from our selves, and gives God the glory.