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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.
You will say,1 How doth this prayer do it? I say that it doth it partly by obtaining at Gods hands;2 3for when you cry earnestly, he cannot deny you: But as he did with the lame and the blind when they were importunate, he never neglected any but healed them. When you cry to the Lord, and say, I would fain love thee, but I cannot, will he not be as willing to heal thy soul, to give thee legs to run after him, and eyes to see him, as he was to heal the lame ⟨p. 50⟩and the blind, certainly he will not deny thee.
You will say,1 How doth this prayer doe it? I say that it doth it partly by obtaining at Gods hands;2 3for when you crie earnestly, hee cannot denie you: But as he did with the lame and the blinde when they were importunate, hee never neglected any but healed them. When you crie to the Lord, and say, I would faine love thee, but I cannot, will hee not be as willing to heale thy soule, to give thee legges to runne after him, and eyes to see him, as he was to heale the lame ⟨p. 50⟩and the blinde, certainly he will not denie thee.
- 1Object.Obiect.
- 2Answ.
- 3Prayer works love 4 ways.Prayer workes love 4 wayes.