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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, we take him, and bind our selves to obey him, and to love him, to be to him alone, to marry him, to make him our Lord and our Husband. Now in the Sacrament both these are done: when the Bread and Wine are offered, they are but a resemblance of the offer of CHRIST. Indeed there is a blessing in it: for it is Gods Ordinance, it increaseth this grace of faith. And again, there is a bond on our part, wherein we tie our selves to obey CHRIST.
Againe, we take him, and binde our selues to obey him, and to loue him, to be to him alone, to marry him, to make him our Lord and our Husband. Now in the Sacrament both these are done: when the Bread and Wine are offered, they are but a resemblance of the offer of CHRIST. Indeed there is a blessing in it: for it is Gods Ordinance, it increaseth this grace of faith. And againe, there is a bond on our part, wherein wee tye our selues to obey CHRIST.
Now if any of you will offer to come, and yet have not given up your selves to GOD in good earnest, you receive your own condemnation, you are divorced from CHRIST, and married to the World; and this is to receive ⟨p. 88⟩the Sacrament unworthily. The main end of the Sacrament, is to increase faith, and salvation is ours by faith; therefore we should come with boldness, and lay hold upon the promises of it.
Now if any of you will offer to come, and yet haue not giuen vp your selues to GOD in good earnest, you receiue your own condemnation, you are diuorsed from CHRIST, and married to the World; and this is to receiue ⟨p. 88⟩the Sacrament vnworthily. The maine end of the Sacrament, is to increase faith, and saluation is ours by faith; therefore wee should come with boldnesse, and lay hold vpon the promises of it.