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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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Lastly, there is a love of dependence, when §5one loves one upon whom all his good depends, so we are said to love God, we love him as one upon whom all our good and happiness, all our ⟨p. 10⟩comfort and hope depends. Now, as you shall see after, with these three last loves, we are said to love the Lord, we love him with the love of complacence, because he is a full adequate object to the soul: & we love him with a love of friendship, because there is a mutual love, he loves us, and we love him; as the spouse saith, My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Again, we love him with a love of dependence, for we hang and rely upon him for all our happiness and comfort. Now this love wherewith we love any object that is suitable to us, it hath degrees, and that love is stronger, as the object of that love is more adequate and full. Again, as it is more free from mixture; for all things that we love in this world, we know there is some mixture of evil in them, and therefore our love is less.
Lastly, there is a loue of dependance, when §5one loues one upon whom all his good depends, so we are said to loue God, wee loue him as one upon whom all our good and happinesse, all our ⟨p. 10⟩comfort and hope depends. Now, as you shall see after, with these three last loues, we are said to loue the Lord, wee loue him with the loue of complacence, because he is a full adequate object to the soule: & we loue him with a loue of friendship, because there is a mutuall loue, he loues us, and we loue him; as the spouse saith, My Beloved is mine, and I am his. Againe, we loue him with a love of dependance, for we hang and rely upon him for all our happinesse and comfort. Now this loue wherewith we loue any object that is sutable to us, it hath degrees, and that loue is stronger, as the object of that loue is more adequate and full. Againe, as it is more free from mixture; for all things that we loue in this world, we know there is some mixture of evill in them, and therefore our loue is lesse.