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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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Now let a man consider whether such a thing have passed or no; that is, (mark it) whether on Christs part there hath been such a clearing of the promise, that thou art so built,1 that, if an Angel from Heaven should come and preach another Gospel, if Paul himself should be living on the earth, and should preach the contrary, thou wouldest not believe him. Dost thou see the Word so clearly, art thou so set upon the Rock (as it were) that thou canst say in good earnest, as the Apostle said in Rom. 8.2 I know that neither principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor ⟨p. 92⟩things to come, nor any thing in the world, shall ever separate me from the love of God in Christ, and that because I have his sure Word?
Now let a man consider whether such a thing haue passed or no; that is, (marke it) whether on Christs part there hath beene such a cleering of the promise, that thou art so built,1 that, if an Angell from Heauen should come and preach another Gospell, if Paul himselfe should be liuing on the earth, and should preach the contrary, thou wouldest not beleeue him. Dost thou see the Word so cleerely, art thou so set vpon the Rocke (as it were) that thou canst say in good earnest, as the Apostle said in Rom. 8.2 I know that neither principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor ⟨p. 92⟩things to come, nor any thing in the world, shall euer seperate me from the loue of God in Christ, and that because I haue his sure Word?
- 1How to know that the promise is cleared to us.