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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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Secondly,2 a thing is said to be effectual, as it is opposed to that which is vain and empty, to that which is but a name, a shadow of it, but is not such a thing indeed. So faith is said to be effectual, when it is true, real, and substantial, you know, there be empty clouds,2 we see the heavens many times full of clouds, but there is no rain follows, they are driven away with the winds, they are empty clouds, they are not clouds indeed: so there is a great show of faith sometimes, that makes a man show like these clouds, and yet it is vain and empty, no rain follows.3 A counterfeit Piece, although it show to be good money, yet, when we find it counterfeit, when we find it clipped, we cast it away: so true faith is said to be effectual, when it is opposed to vain faith: in Jam. 2 the later end of the Chapter, the Apostle speaks to that purpose, to show the difference between true faith,4 and dead faith, which is but the name of faith, but is not faith indeed.
Secondly,2 a thing is said to bee effectuall, as it is opposed to that which is vaine and empty, to that which is but a name, a shaddow of it, but is not such a thing indeed. So faith is said to be effectuall, when it is true, reall, and substantiall, you know, there bee emptie clowds,2 we see the heauens many times full of clouds, but there is no rayne folloues, they are driuen away with the windes, they are emptie clouds, they are not clouds indeed: so there is a great shew of faith sometimes, that makes a man shew like these clouds, and yet it is vaine and empty, no raine followes.3 A counterfeit Piece, although it shew to be good money, yet, when we find it counterfeit, when we finde it clipt, we cast it away: so true faith is said to bee effectuall, when it is opposed to vaine faith: in