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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.

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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.
Author
Preston, John, 1587-1628.
Publication
London, :: Printed by W. I[ones] for Nicolas Bourne, and are to be solde at the South Entrance of the Royall Exchange,
1630.
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Subject terms
Faith -- Early works to 1800.
Love (Theology) -- Early works to 1800.
Sermons, English -- 17th century.
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"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." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A09950.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 9, 2024.

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Sacrament.
Sacraments preach faith.
1, 87
Sacrament, rules of examination touching it.
2, 202
Sacrament not to be omitted, why.
3, 58
Sacrament unworthily received, a cause of the plague.
3, 92
Saints.
Saints, love to them a signe we love God.
3, 100, 120
Saints, foure tryalls of our love to them.
3, 101
Sanctification.
Sanctification, God puts his children to waite in it.
2, 122
Sanctification, we must set faith on worke to increase it.
2, 212
How faith sanctifyeth the heart.
2, 213
Saved.
If Christ should not receive sinners, none should be saved
1, 113
Scriptures.
Scriptures beleeved in generall.
2, 34
Science.
Science.
1, 47
Sciences of two sorts
3, 200
Seale.
Seale double.
2, 153
Security.
Security a cause of the pestilence.
3, 92
Security double.
Ibid.

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Seed.
How salvation is sure to all the seed.
1, 44
Season.
Season, our workes must sute with it.
3, 209
Season, what duties befit us in it.
Ibid.
Selfe.
Self-crossing a signe of love to God
3, 64
Why we must love God above our selves.
3, 166
Service.
Service to God and men different.
3, 154
Shew.
Difference betweene faith and a shew of holinesse.
1, 85
In prayer God sheweth himselfe to us.
3, 50
Gods shewing himselfe begets love.
3, 54
Shepheard.
Magistrates shepheards.
3, 78
Signe.
Signe, in what cases God will give it.
1, 124
Sin, Sinfull.
Sin, the greatnesse of it.
1, 26
Sin, the nature of it not altered by faith.
1, 59
Sin, the efficacy of it taken away by faith.
1, 60
Sins most hainous Christ came to pardon.
2, 151
Sinfull love.
3, 10
Sin, the consideration of it makes us love God.
3, 52
Sin, delight in it, and love of GOD can∣not stand together.
3, 159
See Exelude.
Slippery.
Slippery places wicked men stand in.
2, 210
Sonne.
Sonne of GOD offereth his love to us.
3 144
Soule.
Soule turned to GOD by faith.
2 44
Soule needeth refreshing.
3, 114.
Soule, the adorning of it.
3, 173
Sound.
Sound heart hath good workes.
3, 193
Sorrow.
Sorrow for offending God a signe of love
3, 116
Sorrow, the want of it worse than the sin it selfe.
3, 117
Speake.
Love delights to speake of the party loved
3, 75
Spirit, Spirituall.
Spirit given more largely now than be∣fore.
1, 4
Spirit makes us love Christ.
2, 50
Spirits testimony wrought two wayes.
2, 53
Spirit, all arguments without it prevaile not.
2, 54
Spirits of men not alike troubled in con∣version.
2, 86
Spirits immediate testimonie.
2, 89
Spirits testimony how to know it.
2, 90
Spirituall ioy.
2, 133
Spirit sound will beare affliction.
2, 191
Spirit, the more we beleeve, the more wee have of it.
2, 215
Spirituall love.
3, 11
Spirit is strong.
3, 187
Stranger, Strangenesse.
Wicked men come to God as a stranger
2, 106
Strangenes dissolveth love.
3, 105
Strength.
Faith takes away opinion of our owne strength.
1, 72
We daily want new strength.
1, 135
Strengthening of faith usefull.
2, 73.
Study.
Study of a Christian.
3, 142
Stone.
White stone what it signifieth.
2, 85

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Successe.
Successe promised to good causes.
2, 163
Sudden.
Miseries come suddenly on the wicked.
2, 210
How things are said to be suddaine.
Ibid.
Holy men may be suddainely transported to sinne.
3, 195
Sure.
How righteousnesse becomes sure.
1, 8, 43
Sutable.
Looking on GOD as sutable to us breedes love.
3, 139
Suffering.
Suffering for Christ.
1, 24
Suffering, a fruite of love.
3, 77
Suffering a kinde of doing.
3, 77
Suffering a good worke.
3, 209
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