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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.
1Those to whom I should speak now are of two sorts; either such as are out of the Covenant, or such as are already within it. For you that are without,2 to you I say, you may, if you will consider it, come to the assurance of his love towards you.
1Those to whom I should speake now are of two sorts; either such as are out of the Covenant, or such as are already within it. For you that are without,2 to you I say, you may, if you will consider it, come to the assurance of his love towards you.
- 1Answ.
- 2Means whereby men may be assured of Gods love to them.Meanes whereby men may be assured of Gods love to them.
1For first, the Lord hath made known his own willingness to take you to marriage. There are but two that are to give their consent, the Father to give his Son, and the Son to give his own consent: The Father, you know, hath given his consent,2 Isay 9.6. A Son is given: He so loved the world, that he gave his Sonne. Therefore certainly you have the Fathers consent, he hath given Christ, as a father gives his son in marriage. But now whether we have the Sons consent or no, of that we make question; saith the Apostle, He loved us, and gave himself to us, and for us; yea he not only gives his consent, for his part, but he hath purchased his wife with his own blood. And therefore you cannot doubt but that he is willing to marry with you, to take you, and to receive you if you will come in. Why then, what is required now? Nothing at all but thy consent, if thou give thy consent to the Lord, thou needest not to question his favour, thou mayest assure thy self of his unchangeable