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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.
3Besides, if you love the Lord, you know love is a diligent thing: and therefore it is called diligent love, 1 Thess. 1.4.2 Effectual faith, and diligent love: that is, when a man loves a thing, he is diligent to obtain, he spares no labour, no cost, he cares not what he doth so he may get it; much labour seems little to him, many years seem a few days, he cares not what he doth so he obtain it, he is diligent and laborious. Do you take this pains to draw near to God, to get grace, to excel in it? Are you willing to put your selves to it, to deny your selves in your ease, to take some time from other businesses, and to bestow it this way? are you content to put your selves to a harder task, to forbear things that are pleasant according to the flesh, to take pains ⟨p. 27⟩for the Lord? If you love God, it will make you diligent. A man will take pains to get the thing he loves.
3Besides, if you love the Lord, you know love is a diligent thing: and therefore it is called d•ligent love, 1 Thess. 1.4.2 Effectuall faith, and diligent love: that is, when a man loves a thing, he is diligent to obtaine, he spares no laboure, no cost, he cares not what he doth so he may get it; much labour seemes little to him, many yeares seeme a few dayes, hee cares not what he doth so hee obtaine it, he is diligent and laborious. Doe you take this paines to draw neere to God, to get grace, to excell in it? Are you willing to put your selves to it, to denie your selves in your ease, to take some time from other businesses, and to bestow it this way? are you content to put your selves to a harder taske, to forbeare things that are pleasant according to the flesh, to take paines ⟨p. 27⟩