A09950:1048
The Breastplate of Faith and Love
The breast-plate of faith and love. A treatise, wherein the ground and exercise of faith and love, as they are set upon Christ their object, and as they are expressed in good works, is explained. / Delivered in 18 sermons upon three several texts, by the late faithful and worthy minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty, Master of Emmanuel College in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolns Inn.The breast-plate of faith and love. A treatise, wherein the ground and exercise of faith and love, as they are set upon Christ their object, and as they are expressed in good workes, is explained. / Delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts, by the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.
London: printed by W. Jones for Nicolas Bourne, 1630London: printed by W. Iones for Nicolas Bourne, 1630
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.
THE EIGHTH SERMON.
GALAT. 5.6. For in Jesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but Faith which worketh by Love.
GALAT. 5.6. For in Iesus Christ, neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but Faith which worketh by Love.
HAVING spoken of faith and love, it remains that we add to them good works, for which we will go no further than this Text, we cannot have a fitter; for, saith the Apostle, when you come to have to do with Christ Jesus, to be ingrafted into him, to make your selves first acceptable to God through him, all the works you can do are nothing, they are no ⟨p. 186⟩more than the omission of them, circumcision is the same with uncircumcision: But what is of moment then? Faith (saith he:) But what faith must that be? Such a faith as begets love: And what love must that be? Such a love as sets you on work: so that you have a chain here consisting of these three links; faith which when it is right will beget love, and love when it is right will set you on work; faith which works by love. So the point we will deliver to you out of these words shall be this: 1That we are to be judged not only by our faith and love,