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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 above all, be much in prayer; for that in a special manner maintains and increaseth this communion and familiarity between the Lord and thee.
And above all, be much in prayer; for that in a speciall manner maintaines and increaseth this communion and familiaritie betweene the Lord and thee.
2Again, the other thing that hinders is uncircumcision of heart, or worldly-mindedness: in Deut. 30.6.2 I will circumcise your hearts, and you shall love me with all your souls, and with all your hearts. As if he should say, that which keeps you from loving me, from delighting in me, is the uncircumcision of your hearts, that is, your worldly lusts, and worldly cares, and worldly desires, when these abound in our hearts, they keep us from loving the Lord: Therefore in 1 John 2.3 If you love the world, the love of the Father is not in you. Come to any particular, and you shall find it so; if you love wealth, you cannot love the Lord, if you love pleasures, if you love praise with men, if you love honours, &c. you cannot love the Lord; the love of God, and vain glory, the love of God and covetousness will not stand together. Therefore if you will love the Lord, you must have your hearts circumcised, that is, you must have these sinful ⟨p. 107⟩lusts cut off; for nothing quencheth love so much as these. You know, the love of an adulterer quencheth the conjugal love of the wife to the husband: your love of the world is adultery, the Scripture calls it so; therefore if you love that, it will quench your love to the Lord.