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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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And so come to matter of safety and danger,4 and there you shall see what difference faith makes between men, how it turns their course, when they come to such an exigent. See it in Saul, you know, he was commanded ⟨p. 162⟩not to offer Sacrifice till Samuel came, GOD did put him to the trial, The Philistines were upon him, the day of Battle drew near, he saw the people shrink away, Saul was put to it now, whether he would trust GOD for his safety or no: If Saul had had faith now, and had thought with himself, If I keep the Commandment, is not GOD able to help me, what though the people shrink away; cannot GOD do as much with a few as with many? If he had believed, he would have done otherwise: But he did not believe, and therefore you see which way he turned.
And so come to matter of safety and danger,4 and there you shall see what difference faith makes between men, how it turnes their course, when they come to such an exigent. See it in Saul, you know, he was commanded ⟨p. 162⟩not to offer Sacrifice till Samuel came, GOD did put him to the tryall, The Philistims were vpon him, the day of Battell drew neere, hee saw the people shrinke away, Saul was put to it now, whether he would trust GOD for his safety or no: If Saul had had faith now, and had thought with himselfe, If I keepe the Commandement, is not GOD able to helpe me, what though the people shrinke away; cannot GOD doe as much with a few as with many? If he had beleeued, hee would haue done otherwise: But he did not beleeue, and therefore you see which way he turned.
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