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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.
1First, If GOD accept no faith, but that which is effectual, it should teach us not to be deceived in a matter of so great moment; It should teach us to look to our faith, to consider whether it be a right faith or no. If a man have Evidences, upon which his lands, and whole estate dependeth, if one should come, and tell him that they were false Evidences, it would affect him; he would, at ⟨p. 61⟩the least be ready to look, and to examine them, and yet these are matters of less moment.
1First, If GOD accept no faith, but that which is effectuall, it should teach vs not to be deceiued in a matter of so great moment; It should teach vs to looke to our faith, to consider whether it be a right faith or no. If a man haue Euidences, vpon which his lands, and whole estate dependeth, if one should come, and tell him that they were false Euidences, it would affect him; he would, at ⟨p. 61⟩the least be ready to looke, and to examine them, and yet these are matters of lesse moment.
- 1Use 1. To try our faith, whether it be sound.Vse 1. To try our faith, whether it be sound.
If one be told that his Corn is blasted,1 that all the Trees in his Orchard are dead, that all his money is counterfeit, a man would look even to these things; a man would have that which he hath to be sound, and not counterfeit: and shall not we then look to the faith that we have, upon which the salvation of our souls depends? seeing God accepteth none unless it be •ound, and seeing there is so much counterfeit faith in the world. It should teach us to look about us, and consider what our faith is: For, as James saith, faith without works cannot save us.