The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Quest, How to know whether Faith will carry us through difficult works, Answered in several particulars, 1. Faith Goes upon spiritual grounds, motives, and ends. 2. Makes men solicitous and careful for the enjoyment of Gods presence with them. 3. Causes men to carry themselves in a Gracious manner. 4. To have an high esteem of the name of God. 5. Makes them careful, that they may not be frustrated of their end. 6. It makes men satisfied with God Alone. 7. Faith is a continued work. That Faith, Which brought you out, will carry you through.

Quest, How to know whether Faith wil carry us through difficult works, Answered in several particulars, 1. Faith Goes upon spiritual grounds, motives, and ends. 2. Makes men sollicitous and careful for the enjoyment of Gods presence with them. 3. Causes men to carry themselves in a Gracious manner. 4. To have an high esteem of the name of God. 5. Makes them careful, that they may not be frustrated of their end. 6. It makes men satisfied with God Alone. 7. Faith is a continued work. That Faith, Which brought you out, will carry you through.

QUEST. It is true faith doth carry through difficult ⟨p. 157⟩works, and amongst other difficult works the forsaking of ones own country: it is much that we forsake in forsaking our country, and we had need of Faith to carry one through this, indeed a Christian should look upon all the world as his country, he treads upon no ground but that which is his Fathers ground. Socrates used to call himself a Citizen of the world when he was banished he counted it no banishment for the world was his country, and he being a man was a Citizen of it, certainly God hath given the Saints the World: The promise was to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the World, Rom. 4.13. And as it was said of the children of Israel, Deut. 11.24. So it may be said of the Saints, Whatever ground you tread upon, it is your own for use: And further though the world be theirs yet they live above the world and therefore they care not in what part of the world they are: Thus Tertullian writing to Martyrs to encourage them being driven from their own country it is no matter says he in what part of the world you are who are separated from the world: Yet there is much difficulty in leing of a mans country, and he had need of faith to carry him through who doth leave it, But how shall we know that faith carries us through, there may be many other principles.