The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Fourthly: Wrathful passion doth warm all the Lusts that lodge in the heart, and put an activeness into them, whereas before they were cold, and like Snakes, being cold do not stir, but if they come to be warm, then they crawl about and sting: And so many corruptions lie in the hearts of Men and Women, that are congealed with cold, and like Snakes lie and do not stir; but when the heat of passion comes, it puts a heat into all those corruptions, and then they crawl forth and make woeful work.

Fourthly: Wrathful passion doth warm all the Lusts that lodg in the heart, and put an activeness into them, whereas before they were cold, and like Snakes, being cold do not stir, but if they come to be warm, then they craule about and sting: And so many corruptions lie in the hearts of Men and Women, that are congealed with cold, and like Snakes lie and do not stir; but when the heat of passion comes, it puts a heat into all those corruptions, and then they craul forth and make wofull work.

Now in all men there is a distempered Wrath, and fearful fruits come from it, if it be not mortified: but when there is power joined with passion then it is outrageous indeed. As we see here, How violent in wrath was Pharaoh against Moses, and therefore the Holy Ghost commends Moses that he was not afraid of the passion that was joined with power. So Saul. How violent was his passion when once he had power? He seemed to be a man of a very quiet spirit▪ whilst he was in a private condition, and withal at his first coming to the Kingdom (as you may read in 1 Sam. Chap. 10.) but when he was warm in the Throne, and had power more settled in his hand, then you may read how outrageous his passion was, as in 1 Sam. 22 18.19. he caused Doeg to slay at one time fourscore and five Priests of the Lord, and Nob to be smitten with the edge of the sword and all this because David his supposed enemy had been there, and as Doeg informed him, Abimelech the Priest had enquired of the Lord for him.

Now in all men there is a distempered Wrath, and fearful fruits come from it, if it be not mortified: but when there is power joyned with passion then it is outragious indeed. As we see here, How violent in wrath was Pharaoh against Moses, and therefore the Holy Ghost commends Moses that he was not afraid of the passion that was joyned with power. So Saul. How violent was his passion when once he had power? He seemed to be a man of a very quiet spirit whilest he was in a private condition, and withall at his first coming to the Kingdom (as you may read in 1 Sam. Chap. 10.) but when he was warm in the Throne, and had power more settled in his hand, then you may read how outragious his passion was, as in