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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.
2In the second place, you shall find this to be one property of love (by which you may try your selves) it will be content with nothing but with love again from the party whom we love. If one love another, let him do never so much, let him be never so kind in his actions towards him, let him be never so bountiful to him, yet except he have love again, he is content with nothing. Indeed when we do not love a man, we can be content to receive profit from him, and it is no matter though his heart go another way so we enjoy it; but it is the nature of true love to desire to be paid in its own coin. Now if thou love the Lord Jesus, if thou mightest have all the blessings that he could bestow upon thee, if he should open his hand wide, and compass thee about with abundance, yet if thou lovest the ⟨p. 67⟩Lord, thou wouldest not be content with this, but thou wouldest have assurance of his love, thy heart would be at no rest else.
2In the second place, you shall finde this to be one propertie of love (by which you may trie your selves) it will be content with nothing but with love againe from the party whom wee love. If one love another, let him doe never so much, let him be never so kinde in his actions towards him, let him be never so bountifull to him, yet except he have love againe, hee is content with nothing. Indeede when we doe not love a man, we can be content to receive profit from him, and it is no matter though his heart goe another way so we enjoy it; but it is the nature of true love to desire to be paid in its owne coyne. Now if thou love the Lord Iesus, if thou mightest haue all the blessings that he could bestow upon thee, if hee should open his hand wide, and compasse thee about with abundance, yet if thou louest the ⟨p. 67⟩Lord, thou wouldest not be content with this, but thou wouldest have assurance of his love, thy heart would be at no rest else.
- 2It is content with nothing but love again.