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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, for a man to have his inward lusts and desires so mortified, and so crucified, and so restrained, to be so strait-laced in every thing, I say, because men consider not this, what it is to take this profession on them, when the time comes, what do they? They go back again. Hence it is, that many, out of flashes, and in good moods, will be ready to embrace Religion; but we see by experience, how soon there is an end of it. As the people, when Christ came to Jerusalem, how ready were they to receive him, with blessed is he that cometh in the Name of the Lord, and Hosanna, &c? but how soon were they gone again? so many young comers on, in this City, and many, even of our profession, in the beginning of their time, are ready to take upon them the profession of Christ; but afterwards, when they come to see what must be done, when they see that Christ and the world cannot stand together, that Christ & pleasures cannot stand, but they must be content to go another course, then they go back, and their faith proves uneffectuall: this, I say, is the first cause, when men are not throughly informed what they do.
Againe, for a man to haue his inward lusts and desires so mortified, and so crucified, and so restrained, to bee so strait-laced in euery thing, I say, because men consider not this, what it is to take this profession on them, when the time comes, what doe they? They goe backe againe. Hence it is, that many, out of flashes, and in good moodes, will be ready to embrace Religion; but wee see by experience, how soone there is an end of it. As the people, when Christ came to Ierusalem, how ready were they to receiue him, with blessed is he that commeth in the Name of the Lord, and Hosanna, &c? but how soone were they gone againe? so many yong commers on, in this Citie, and many, euen of our profession, in the beginning of their time, are ready to take vpon them the profession of Christ; but afterwards, when they come to see what must be done, whē they see that Christ and the world cannot stand together, that Christ & pleasures cannot stand, but they must be content to go another course, then they go back, and their faith proues vneffectuall: this, I say, is the first cause, when men are not throughly informed what they doe.