A30577:280
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at…
The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughs.The glorious name of God, The Lord of Hosts opened in two sermons, at Michaels Cornhill, London, vindicating the Commission from this Lord of Hosts, to subjects, in some case, to take up arms : with a post-script, briefly answering a late treatise by Henry Ferne, D.D. / by Jer. Burroughes.
London: printed for R. Dawlman, 1643
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
6. A spirit of courage and true valour is not only §6able to suffer, willing to suffer, raised by sufferings, but can rejoice, triumph, glory in sufferings, account sufferings in a good cause great riches. When we sit at home by our fire sides, and have our tables furnished with variety of dishes, and go to our soft beds, and have the curtains drawn close, we pity poor soldiers that now lye abroad in the storms, upon cold earth, who drink water, and often want bread, yea many that might have fullness enough at home: but that warlike spirit of theirs is above these things; they can rejoice in their hardships, as much as you in all your abundance. They think their lives more comfortable then yours, because they are in service for the public; they have opportunity to do worthily in their generations; and you, what do you do? you sit at home, and have your ease, and pamper your selves, and do nothing; they would not by any means live your lives. A true soldier like spirit is in his true element when he is in the midst of all the hardships of wars, he loves to live and dye in such a condition. Thus the Apostle, a true soldier of Christ, Rom. 5. 2. We glory in tribulations. Moses accounted the reproach of Christ greater riches then all the treasures of Egypt, Heb. 11. 27. Ignatius hath this expression, He had rather be a Martyr then a Monarch: When he heard his bones crash between the wild beasts teeth, Now, says he, I begin to be a Christian, Cruaelitas vestra est gloria nostra, says Tertullian to ⟨p. 102⟩the persecutors, Your cruelty is our glory. Many of the Martyrs prepared themselves for their sufferings, as Brides use to prepare themselves for their Bridegrooms, with joy and gladness of heart. The wounds they receive in the cause of Christ have more glory issue forth from them then blood; they are an ornament to them, they put a beauty upon them. They account it far better to lose for God, then to enjoy for themselves; that part of their estates they part with in a good cause, they account the best part of their estates; they account themselves more rich in that, then in what they still retain. Heb. 10. 34. They take joyfully the spoiling of their goods.