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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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Secondly, those that are within the covenant,§2 but yet come remissly and negligently, and take not that care they should in examining their hearts: for though you ought to renew your repentance every day, yet in a more especial manner you ought to do it upon such an occasion. As women do in scouring their vessels, they make them clean every day, but yet there are some certain times wherein they scour them more: so we should scour our hearts in a more special manner upon this occasion. Now because this is the business that we have to do ⟨p. 60⟩this day, we will therefore handle that more fully that we touched lightly before, which is this examination, whether we love the Lord Jesus or no: for if you love not the Lord Jesus, you are not in him; for whatsoever you do availeth not, if you have not faith and love. Therefore if you find that you have not this love to Christ, that you are not rooted and grounded in love, you have nothing to do with Christ, and if you have nothing to do with him, you have nothing to do with the Sacrament. And therefore we will show you what properties of love we find in the holy Scriptures.1
Secondly, those that are within the covenant,§2 but yet come remissely and negligently, and take not that care they should in examining their hearts: for though you ought to renew your repentance every day, yet in a more especiall manner you ought to doe it upon such an occasion. As women doe in scowring their vessells, they make them cleane every day, but yet there are some certaine times wherein they scowre them more: so we should scoure our hearts in a more speciall manner upon this occasion. Now because this is the businesse that wee haue to doe ⟨p. 60⟩this day, we will therefore handle that more fully that we touched lightly before, which is this examination, whether we love the Lord Iesus or no: for if you love not the Lord Iesus, you are not in him; for whatsoever you doe availeth not, if you haue not faith and love. Therefore if you finde that you have not this love to Christ, that you are not rooted and grounded in love, you haue nothing to doe with Christ, and if you have nothing to doe with him, you have nothing to doe with the Sacrament. And therefore we will shew you what properties of love we finde in the holy Scriptures.