The excellency of holy courage in evil times by Jeremiah Burroughs

1. Those that are delivered by Faith are those that are well grounded in the Doctrinal and main points of Religion: Faith can never work off the soul from the Government and Ceremonies of Antichrist, unless it be well grounded in the doctrine and principles of Religion if I see men cry out of Antichrist, and of the Government of Antichrist, and it appears that they have not a competent measure of knowledge in the grounds of Religion and Principles of Faith, they are to be suspected: As many: come and examine them about Church Government, and they will tell you a great deal (not but that Christians should labour to have knowledge in that) but come to examine them the Principles of Religion, and there they are silly and ignorant: if they be not grounded in them it appears it is not a work of Faith.

1. Those that are delivered by Faith are those that are wel grounded in the Doctrinal and maine points of Religion: Faith can never work off the soul from the Government and Ceremonies of Antichrist, unless it be well grounded in the doctrine and principles of Religion if I see men crie out of Antichrist, and of the Government of Antichrist, and it appears that they have not a competent measure of knowledg in the grounds of Religion and Principles of Faith, they are to be suspected: As many: come and examine them about Church Government, and they wil tell you a great deale (not but that Christians should labor to have knowledg in that) but come to examine them the Principles of Religion, and there they are silly and ignorant: if they be not grounded in them it appears it is not a work of Faith.

2. If it be a work of Faith, it is a work of much Humiliation, and Prayer; was there a time you were under the power and bondage of Antichrist? how came you from under it? did God show you the evil of it? and you sought God in much Humiliation and prayer, for the taking off your hearts from it, and showing you his good way and did you find your hearts coming off, was by that means, that is a good argument it was of Faith; but many their Consciences tell them, it was not a work of Humiliation and Prayer that brought off their hearts, they are to be feared.