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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.
The Papists, they teach that works are the main, and many things they prescribe that men must do: our Doctrine is, you see, that faith only is required: Indeed, many things follow upon faith, but faith is that you must only labour for, and then the rest will follow upon it.
The Papists, they teach that workes are the maine, and many things they prescribe that men must doe: our Doctrine is, you see, that faith onely is required: Indeede, many things follow vpon faith, but faith is that you must onely labour for, and then the rest will follow vpon it.
This Doctrine of ours, you shall find that it is delivered clearly in Gal. 5.5, 6.1 We wait, through the Spirit, for the hope of righteousness, which is through faith. That is, we look for nothing from the Law, we regard no works at all in the matter of justification; that which we look for, is only that righteousness which is taken by faith: and why do we so? For, saith he, in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision is any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith, &c. As ⟨p. 82⟩if he should say, there is good reason why we should expect salvation only by faith, because nothing else will help us in that work, circumcision is nothing, nor uncircumcision is nothing: by those two he means all other things, that is, the having of all the privileges in the world, the doing of all the works that can be done, faith is all in all; but it must be such a faith as works by love; though it be by faith only, yet it is not an idle faith: therefore you are especially to labour for faith.
This Doctrine of ours, you shall finde that it is deliuered cleerely in Gal. 5.5, 6