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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.
Again, faith doth it by overcoming the World, that when a man is drawn, one of these two things draws him, Either some offer of some great benefit, or some great evil which he is put in fear of: now when he looks, and seeth that GOD is able to keep him when men do their worst, and that he can give him a heavenly Kingdom, when he looks to the promise, he is above the World.
Againe, faith doth it by ouercomming the World, that when a man is drawne, one of these two things drawes him, Either some offer of some great benefit, or some great euill which he is put in feare of: now when hee lookes, and seeth that GOD is able to keepe him when men doe their worst, and that hee can giue him a heauenly Kingdome, when he lookes to the promise, he is aboue the World.
Again, he not only overcomes riches, but he makes advantage of them; he not only loves them as a slave, but he gets the victory over them, and he gets service from them. And so when men can make their recreations to serve their turns for better purposes, when a man not only overcomes them, gets the victory of them, but makes them serviceable, so a man make advantage of the World.
Againe, he not onely ouercomes riches, but he makes aduantage of them; hee not onely loues them as a slaue, but he gets the victory ouer them, and hee gets seruice from them. And so when men can make their recreations to serue their turnes for better purposes, when a man not onely ouercomes them, gets the victory of them, but makes them seruiceable, so a man make aduantage of the World.
Again, when thou wouldest have thy sanctification increased, increase thy faith. The more thou believest, the more the Spirit of Christ is conveyed into thy heart. The stronger ⟨p. 219⟩