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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
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Again, is it not evil in such extraordinary cases to omit such an extraordinary duty? As we find in Scripture, when the Lord would call for fasting, and they did it not: Indeed to turn it to jollity and feasting is another thing, a sin of a greater nature; but now the very standing still and omitting of this duty is disobedience to the Lord, and to be guilty of the judgements that are upon a people, I say the standing still and not hastening to the gap: What shall we say then of those that resist this course, and thrust men out of the gap? Consider it therefore seriously, this is a special duty required, the season looks for it that we should humble our selves before God.
Againe, is it not evill in such extraordinary cases to omit such an extraordinary duty? As wee finde in Scripture, when the Lord would call for fasting, and they did it not: Indeed to turne it to jollity and feasting is another thing, a sinne of a greater nature; but now the very standing still and omitting of this duty is disobedience to the Lord, and to be guilty of the judgements that are upon a people, I say the standing still and not hastening to the gappe: What shall we say then of those that resist this course, and thrust men out of the gappe? Consider it therefore seriously, this is a speciall duty required, the season lookes for it that we should humble our selves before God.
Again, there is one thing more that we will speak of,3 but in a word; that is, that every man for his own particular renew his special Covenant with God concerning the amendment of his life in particular: for I find that in all times when the Lord hath stretched forth his hand against a Church and Nation, that this hath been required, that they should come and enter into a Covenant with God: You shall find that Asa did it,2 2 Chron. 16. that Nehemiah did it, that it was done in Jeremiahs time, when they had wars in hand: We have many examples of it in Scripture, every man did it; and because every man could not come to do it personally, the head did