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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
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.
1First, I will show you the object of this faith. Secondly, the subject or place where it is. Thirdly, the manner how it justifieth us. Fourthly, the actions of it.
1First, I will shew you the obiect of this faith. Secondly, the subject or place where it is. Thirdly, the manner how it iustifieth vs. Fourthly, the actions of it.
- 1Four things touching faith.Foure things touching faith.
1I say, that you may more fully understand what this faith is, consider first the object of it, and that is CHRIST, (as I told you before) and herein this is to be marked, that a man must first take Christ himself, and after, the ⟨p. 53⟩privileges that come by him. And this point I could wish were more pressed by our Divines, and that our hearers would more intend it. I say, first remember that you must first take CHRIST himself, and then other things that we have by him, as the Apostle saith, Rom 8. If God have given us him, that is Christ, he wil• with him give us all things else: but first have CHRIST himself, and then all things with him. And so, 2 Cor. 1.2 All the promises IN HIM are Yea and Amen. That is, first we must have CHRIST, and then look to the promises; this must be still remembered, that we must first take his person, we must have our eyes fixed upon that: And so that place before-named,