The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Now doth God call you to any service or work that hath any difficulty in it? you see what it is that will help. David by Faith in Psal. 18.29. Says, he could break through a troop and leap over a wall, and break a bow of Steel, and Paul could do all things through Christ that strengthened him; As Christ said ⟨p. 166⟩of Miraculous faith, so it may be said of Justifying Faith. If you had faith but as a grain of mustard seed, you should say unto this mountain be removed hence to yonder place, and unto this Sycamine tree, be thou plucked up by the roots, and be thou planted in the Sea and they shall obey you, in Math. 17.20. And in Luke, 17.6. And so Faith if it come to a sin that is rooted, it will be able to pluck it up by the roots, and to remove mountains. There is nothing more weak, and unuseful then on ordinary conceited faith, that is but a bare opinion, and groundless hope, but nothing more strong and useful then true Faith, it hath the quintessence of all graces, as the root of the herb hath the virtue, and quintessence of all the fruit, and branches in it, so faith hath the quintessence of all grace, and therefore it will do great things. As it was said of Luther that had much faith, he could do whatsoever he would: So it may be said of Faith and the Scripture saith so of it; Faith can do what it will, it was the speech of Christ to the woman: O Woman great is thy Faith be it unto thee as thou wilt: In Math. 15.28. Those whose faith is great it shall be to them as they will, but know it must be exercised, it is not enough to have it in the habit, but the activity, and exercise of it: wherefore for the putting on of your Faith.

NOw doth God call you to any service or work that hath any difficulty in it? you see what it is that will help. David by Faith in Psal. 18.29. Says, he could break through a troop and leap over a wall, and break a bow of Steel, and Paul could do all things through Christ that strengthened him; As Christ said ⟨p. 166⟩