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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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but now that it is by the second Adam, by coming home to him, by taking him, by applying his righteousness: Now no flesh can rejoice in it self, but now whosoever rejoiceth, rejoiceth in the Lord. Therefore saith the Apostle, you must know this truth, you can never be saved by doing these actions, no nor you shall not lose salvation by omitting ⟨p. 5⟩them, for this is not the way that the Lord hath appointed mankind to be saved by: But the way by which mankind must be saved, is by receiving Jesus Christ and his righteousness. But you must remember that you must take him so as to love him. And it must be such a love as is fruitful in good works, and not an empty and idle love, that is, a love in show only, but it must be a love in deed and in truth. Now in the handling of these words we will begin with the affirmative part, because though the other be put first, yet the affirmation you know in order of nature, is before the negation: therefore I will begin with this, what it is that puts us into the happy estate of life and salvation, Faith. But it is faith that works by love.
but now that it is by the second Adam, by comming home to him, by taking him, by applying his righteousnesse: Now no flesh can rejoyce in it selfe, but now whosoever rejoyceth, rejoyceth in the Lord. Therefore saith the Apostle, you must know this truth, you can never be saved by doing these actions, no nor you shall not lose salvation by omitting ⟨p. 5⟩them, for this is not the way that the Lord hath appointed mankinde to be saved by: But the way by which mankinde must be saved, is by receiving Iesus Christ and his righteousnes. But you must remember that you must take him so as to love him. And it must be such a love as is fruitfull in good workes, and not an emptie and idle love, that is, a love in shew onely, but it must be a love in deede and in truth. Now in the handling of these words we will begin with the affirmative part, because though the other be put first, yet the affirmatiō you know in order of nature, is before the negation: therfore I wil begin with this, what it is that puts us into the happy estate of life and salvatiō, Faith. But it is faith that works by love.