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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.
1Thou must know that there are strange passages in GODS providence, he is able to bring things to pass, though thou know not how it should be. See his providence 2 Kings 5.2 The Woman there, the Shunamite, she believed the word that the Prophet had said, that there should be seven years Famine, she left her Land and Country, this was an act of Faith, that made her do this; See how this Woman believed now: she followed the direction of the Prophet, she did that which GOD appointed her to do: see how GOD brought it to pass, that the servant of Elisha, ⟨p. 175⟩Gehezi, should be there with the King, and that he should be telling the King of Israel of the great act of Elisha, That there should be such a concurrence of all things, that she should come just at that time, and no other, when the man of GOD was there, yea, when he was telling of that very story, that then she should come in, and so she got her Land; or else it is likely that the Woman, having lived away so many years, it is likely she had had a hard suite of it; but Gods providence brought these things together.