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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
Part › Sermon 4: THE FOURTH SERMON.Part › Sermon 4: THE FOVRTH SERMON.
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I will name yet one more besides these, and §5that is the coldness and deadness of their hearts who belong to the Lord, from whom he expects better things, and more zeal, which I gather hence: What was the reason that the zeal of Phinehas stayed the plague? Numb. 25.1 Because his love was hot, and his anger was kindled in a holy manner against that Israelitish man, and the Mid•anitish woman, that had committed fornication among the people. If the zeal of Phinehas was the cause of staying that plague, and of withholding the Lords hands, then surely the coldness ⟨p. 94⟩of those from whom the Lord looks for much heat, for much fervency of spirit, whom God expects should stand in the gap, I say, that is the cause that the Lord goes on in punishing.
I will name yet one more besides these, and §5that is the coldnesse and deadnesse of their hearts who belong to the Lord, from whom he expects better things, and more zeale, which I gather hence: What was the reason that the zeale of Phineas stayed the plague? Numb. 25.1 Because his love was hot, and his anger was kindled in a holy manner against that Israelitish man, and the Mid•anitish woman, that had committed fornication among the people. If the zeale of Phineas was the cause of staying that plague, and of withholding the Lords hands, then surely the coldnes ⟨p. 94⟩of those from whom the Lord lookes for much heate, for much fervency of spirit, whom God expects should stand in the gappe, I say, that is the cause that the Lord goes on in punishing.
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