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Sixthly,¹ the power of resisting sufferings, that comes from Natural Principles, is not a fruit of much humiliation, brokenness of heart, seeking of God aforehand. When Esther was in hazard, when she was to go about a work, wherein all her honour and her life must be ventured, she falls to fasting and prayer, and causeth others to fast and pray for her; and so she came to that resolution, If I perish, I perish. Men full of stoutness, and natural courage, think that mournings for sin, breakings of the heart in godly sorrow, keeping down the ⟨p. 222⟩Soul in humiliation, make men timorous, and Cowards; that it abates, if not wholly takes away their valour and stoutness: but Gods people never find more courage and heavenly fortitude, then after much humiliation for sin; the more brokenness of heart for sin, the more stoutness and courage in resisting of sin, and in suffering any evil, rather then to admit any sin. Wicked men indeed have stoutness and courage, for the maintaining of their lusts, in which the courage and stoutness of the world is especially let out; but all the courage and stoutness of godly men, is in opposing of sin, and in doing and suffering for God.

Sixtly,¹ the power of resisting sufferings, that comes from Naturall Principles, is not a fruit of much humiliation, brokennesse of heart, seeking of God aforehand. When Esther was in hazard, when she was to goe about a worke, wherein all her honour and her life must be ventured, shee falls to fasting and prayer, and causeth others to fast and pray for her; and so shee came to that resolution, If I perish, I perish. Men full of stoutnesse, and naturall courage, thinke that mournings for sinne, breakings of the heart in godly sorrow, keeping downe the ⟨p. 222⟩Soule in humiliation, make men timorous, and Cowards; that it abates, if not wholly takes away their valour and stoutnesse: but Gods people never find more courage and heavenly fortitude, then after much humiliation for sinne; the more brokennesse of heart for sinne, the more stoutnesse and courage in resisting of sinne, and in suffering any evill, rather then to admit any sinne. Wicked men indeed have stoutnesse and courage, for the maintaining of their lusts, in which the courage and stoutnesse of the world is especially let out; but all the courage and stoutnesse of godly men, is in opposing of sinne, and in doing and suffering for God.