The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

So you (may be) have done some works, so as you have found God strengthening of you, at length you come to a work where (may be) there is more difficulty then before, and there being more difficulty your hearts are disquieted; take heed you miscarry not now, it is a special thing to carry on a hard work well; to go on with quietness: disquiet and passion do much hinder; as it was the case of the people of Israel in the beginning of Exodus; When Moses came they could not hearken to him, because of the anguish of heart; and the greatness of their bondage: So to apply it spiritually, you are sensible of some grievous bondage under some corruptions, and you have much anguish of spirit that you cannot overcome such and such corruptions, but take heed you be not so disturbed in your hearts, as your being in anguish under that bondage hinder you from hearkening to the Lord in his word, and conceiving the mind and will of God a right and knowing how to order your selves in a right way: it was so with them, and truly this is just the case of many people, because they are sensible of the bondage they are in under their corruptions, they are so troubled, and their hearts are in such a toil, and tumult, that they cannot hearken to any thing that should guide themselves in this work.

So you (may be) have done some works, so as you have found God strengthning of you, at length you come to a work where (may be) there is more difficulty then before, and there being more difficulty your hearts are disquieted; take heed you miscarry not now, it is a special thing to carry on a hard work well; to go on with quietness: disquiet and passion do much hinder; as it was the case of the people of Israel in the beginning of Exodus; When Moses came they could not harken to him, because of the anguish of heart; and the greatness of their bondage: So to apply it spiritually, you are sensible of some gri•vous bondage under some corruptions, and you have much anguish of spirit that you cannot overcome such and such corruptions, but take heed you be not so disturbed in your hearts, as your being in anguish under that bondage hinder you from hearkning to the Lord in his word, and conceiving the mind and will of God a right and knowing how to order your selves in a right way: it was so with them, and truly this is just the case of many people, because they are sensible of the bondage they are in under their corruptions, they are so troubled, and their hearts are in such a toile, and tumult, that they cannot hearken to any thing that should guide themselves in this work.