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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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And again, to turn to the Lord, to take heed of security, which is a forerunner of a ruin, as a great calm is a forerunner of an earthquake.
And againe, to turne to the Lord, to take heede of security, which is a forerunner of a ruine, as a great calme is a forerunner of an earthquake.
Again, take heed of receiving the Sacrament unworthily, many of you this day have received; therefore I should speak something particularly to them, but in truth this concerns all among us; but chiefly let me speak to those a little that are able to pray, that have some fire in them, that have had the work of grace in their hearts wrought by the Spirit of God, that have some sparks if they were blown up, that are men fit to stand in the gap; It belongs to you, my brethren to do something that the Lord may stay his hand: and remember that when the Lord begins to send forth tokens of his wrath and displeasure against a Nation, it is a time wherein he expects and looks for humiliation and repentance: ⟨p. 85⟩Therefore take heed of neglecting that in Isay 22.1 In that day (saith the Lord) when I called for humiliation, behold killing of fatlings and oxen, &c. Therefore know what your duty is, and learn now to see what belongs to you to do, show your love to the Lord in trembling at his judgements, in being zealous for his Names sake: as indeed where there is abundance of love there is always exceeding much zeal: So it was with Paul, so it was with Elijah, so it was with Moses, so it hath been with all the Saints. And so much for this.
Againe, take heed of receiving the Sacrament unworthily, many of you this day have received; therefore I should speake something particularly to them, but in truth this concernes all among us; but chiefly let me speake to those a little that are able to pray, that have some fire in them, that have had the worke of grace in their hearts wrought by the Spirit of God, that have some sparkes if they were blowne up, that are men fit to stand in the gap; It belongs to you, my brethren to doe something that the Lord may stay his hand: and remember that when the Lord begins to send forth tokens of his wrath and displeasure against a Nation, it is a time wherein he expects and lookes for humiliation and repentance: