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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.
The second use we should make of Faith,2 should be to guide and direct our lives; that is, we should use Faith to be as the Rudder to ⟨p. 156⟩the Ship, to turn our courses the right way upon all occasions in our conversation: For that is the office of Faith, to guide a mans life.2 For as it is in a way, so it is in our life; there are many turnings, it is not only a strait way, but there are many turnings, and when a man comes to a place where there are two ways to turn to, that he knows not which way to go, now Faith comes and teacheth thee what thou shouldest do. That is, there are many difficult cases wherein a man knows not what to do, he is amazed at them; It may be GOD will lead thee through the way of the Philistines, through great persecutions, and troubles, which thou must wrestle with: Now set thy Faith awork, fight the good fight of faith; that is, thou must now overcome, thou must not balk the way of Religion, because of the troubles thou meetest withal, but pass through the troubles, that thou mayest keep thy way.
The second vse we should make of Faith,2 should be to guide and direct our liues; that is, we should vse Faith to be as the Rudder to ⟨p. 156⟩the Ship, to turne our courses the right way vpon all occasions in our conuersation: For that is the office of Faith, to guide a mans life.2 For as it is in a way, so it is in our life; there are many turnings, it is not only a strait way, but there are many turnings, and when a man comes to a place where there are two wayes to turne to, that he knowes not which way to goe, now Faith comes and teacheth thee what thou shouldest doe. That is, there are many difficult cases wherein a man knows not what to doe, he is amazed at them; It may be GOD will lead thee through the way of the Philistims, through great persecutions, and troubles, which thou must wrestle with: Now set thy Faith aworke, fight the good fight of faith; that is, thou must now ouercome, thou must not balke the way of Religion, because of the troubles thou meetest withall, but passe thorow the troubles, that thou mayest keepe thy way.