The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

Answ. 2. Wherefore know in the second place that the great design that God hath in this work, is not only to manifest his power, but to set out before men, and Angels, to all eternity, the Riches and Glory of his free Grace. And therefore those objections of thy unworthiness may be taken away: for thou mayest see God doth not intend to go on with thee in a way of retribution or distributive Justice, if thou dost so, and so and so, he will do so, and so for thee, but he goes this way to work: that his great design is to magnify his free Grace, And whosoever he does deliver, it is for this end, to show to men and Angels, what the power of his infinite free Grace is able to do; and this is a great Encouragement.

Answ. 2. Wherefore know in the second place that the great designe that God hath in this work, is not only to manifest his power, but to set out before men, and Angels, to all eternity, the Riches and Glory of his free Grace. And therefore those objections of thy unworthinss may be taken away: for thou maiest see God doth not intend to goe on with thee in a way of retribution or distributive Justice, if thou dost so, and so and so, he wil do so, and so for thee, but he goes this way to work: that his great designe is to magnify his free Grace, And whosoever he does deliver, it is for this end, to shew to men and Angels, what the power of his infinite free Grace is able to do; and this is a great Incouragement.

3. Further Jesus Christ hath already removed all differences that are between God the Father, and thy soul: the difficulties which make such a mighty vast dismal distance between God and thy soul, is the wrath of God, and the justice of God and the curse of the Law: Now it hath been the work of Christ to take away all these difficulties: So that when thou lookest up and seest thy sin against an infinite God, that is, infinitely holy, and infinitely just, and seest the curse of the Law against thee; thou thinkest these are great difficulties, how is it possible for me to get over these: know it is the work of Christ that great Saviour of the world, to remove those difficulties, and if he had not undertook it, it had been impossible for any soul to come to ⟨p. 193⟩