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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.
By looking into the Book of GOD, (and §2that is the second thing) and there I find all the promises, CHRIST is there clearly offered, only with this condition required, that I must obey him, and serve him, and love him; so that that is the second thing, CHRIST is offered in the Scriptures to every one, and if you have him, you shall have a pardon of your sins with him; only he is offered with condition of obedience: Well, when you see this clearly, now you come to consider it, you begin to ponder this Word, whether it be so or no, a man begins to think, Is this a sure promise? and then he sees, that look what ⟨p. 96⟩certainty there is of the Scriptures in general, there is the same certainty in these particular promises: so that with the same faith that a man is to believe the Word of GOD, with the same faith he is to believe this offer of CHRIST.
By looking into the Booke of GOD, (and §2that is the second thing) and there I finde all the promises, CHRIST is there cleerely offered, onely with this condition required, that I must obey him, and serue him, and loue him; so that that is the second thing, CHRIST is offered in the Scriptures to euery one, and if you haue him, you shall haue a pardon of your sinnes with him; onely he is offered with condition of obedience: Well, when you see this cleerely, now you come to consider it, you begin to ponder this Word, whether it be so or no, a man begins to thinke, Is this a sure promise? and then he sees, that looke what ⟨p. 96⟩certainety there is of the Scriptures in generall, there is the same certainety in these particular promises: so that with the same faith that a man is to beleeue the Word of GOD, with the same faith he is to beleeue this offer of CHRIST.