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A09950	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.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635, ed.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670, ed.	1630 (1630)	STC 20208; ESTC S105956	328,230	606

Paul in Eph. 1. in all the former part of the Chapter to the 18. Verse hauing declared the great Mysterie of saluation he takes himselfe vpon the sudden and beginnes to thinke with himselfe though I shew you all this it is to no purpose if GOD send not the Spirit of reuelation c. Therefore hee lifts vp his heart to GOD beseeching him to giue them the Spirit of revelation to open the eyes of their vnderstanding that they might see the hope of their Calling and the riches of their inheritance with the Saints So should Ministers learne to doe to pray for the people that GOD would infuse and send his Spirit into their hearts that they may be able to perceiue these things effectually with a right apprehension to see the secrets of GOD in them you also should goe to GOD and beseech him to helpe you with his Spirit that so you may be able to apprehend these things and that they may be powerfull to worke the same thing for which we deliuer them to you and so wee haue shewed you these three things First what effectuall faith is namely in shewing you why it is called effectuall faith Secondly wherein the efficacie of faith consists and Thirdly how it is wrought Now last of all wee are to shew you the reason why GOD accepts no faith but that which is effectuall And there is good reason why no faith should be accepted of GOD but that which is effectuall First because otherwise it is not faith at all if it be not effectuall and if it be not faith it is no wonder that he doth not accept of it I say it is no more faith then a dead man is said to be a man you giue the name of a man to him yet he is not a man no more is faith that is not effectuall any faith it hath only the name of faith and there is no more in it but as dead Drugges which haue no efficacie in them or as dead Plants or dead Wine which is turned to Vinegar it ceaseth to be Wine it is no longer Wine but Vinegar so it may be said of ineffectuall faith it is not faith it hath the name and the shaddow of faith onely and therefore God accepts it not Againe GOD will saue none vnlesse they be reconciled to him and be such as loue him for that condition is euery where put in All things shall worke together for good to them that loue him and he hath prepared a Crowne for them that loue him Now if faith be not effectuall there will be no loue and if loue be necessarily required GOD cannot accept that faith that is ineffectuall Againe if GOD should accept of a faith that is ineffectuall the Deuils haue such a faith by which they apprehend the Word and a faith that brings forth effects for they feare and tremble but this is not the faith that purifieth the heart it is not an effectuall it is not a purging liuely faith Againe CHRIST receiues none but them that deny themselues and are willing to take vp their crosse and to follow him that mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit Now an ineffectuall faith doth none of these and therefore that faith that saueth must bee a working faith or else these things should not be necessarily required Againe it was Christs end in comming into the world that he might destroy the workes of the Deuill and for this end hath the grace of God appeared that men should deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and for this end did hee giue himselfe to purifie to himselfe a people zealous of good workes He comes to be a King as well as a Sauiour to rule among his people to haue men obey him which could not be if faith were not effectuall if it did not purifie the heart and enable men to deny all worldly lusts and to liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world And last of all good workes are required of necessity as the way to saluation Eph. 2.10 We are Gods workmanship created in Iesus Christ vnto good workes which he hath ordained that we should walke in them Good workes are required of necessity GOD judgeth vs according to our workes Rom. 2. and at the last day the reward is pronounced according to that which men haue done When I was in prison you visited me when I was naked you cloathed me c. And if they be required of necessity then it is not a dead liuelesse workelesse faith but a powerfull energeticall faith a faith that is stirring and actiue a faith that is effectuall which GOD requires without which we cannot be saued We come now to make some Vse of what hath beene said First If GOD accept no faith but that which is effectuall it should teach vs not to be deceiued in a matter of so great moment It should teach vs to looke to our faith to consider whether it be a right faith or no. If a man haue Euidences vpon which his lands and whole estate dependeth if one should come and tell him that they were false Euidences it would affect him he would at the least be ready to looke and to examine them and yet these are matters of lesse moment If one be told that his Corne is blasted that all the Trees in his Orchard are dead that all his money is counterfeit a man would looke euen to these things a man would haue that which he hath to be sound and not counterfeit and shall not we then looke to the faith that we haue vpon which the saluation of our soules depends seeing God accepteth none vnlesse it be ●ound and seeing there is so much counterfeit faith in the world It should teach vs to looke about vs and consider what our faith is For as Iames saith faith without workes cannot saue vs. What auaileth it my Brethren if a man say he hath faith and hath not workes can his faith saue him So I say to euery man in such a case thou that thinkest thou hast faith if there be not workes too if it be not effectuall if it be not a liuely faith will such a faith saue thee If a man should come and say to one that brags of the Balsome or Drugges which he hath that are dead and haue lost their efficacie Will such a Balsome heale thee If a man haue a guilded Target made of paper a man may say to him Will that Target defend thee And so I say when a man hath a counterfeit faith Will such a faith as this saue thee It will not saue you you may please your selues in it as a man is pleased with a false dreame but when you are awaked you will finde that you are deceiued Learne therefore to consider of your faith to see if it be effectuall When the LORD proclaimed himselfe to be a mercifull God forgiuing iniquity

seeth that hee doth much of the second Table and little of the first and the hypocrite againe doth much of the first and little of the second let them consider that faith enableth a man to haue respect to all Gods Commandements it workes a generall change And as this is true for the substance so it is also for degrees for if God accepts onely effectuall faith then so much efficacie and so much working as you finde in any man so much faith there is If there be no workes there is no faith if the workes be few the faith is a languishing faith if the workes be many the faith is great and strong That is the second Vse wee should make to learne to judge aright of our selues and others Thirdly if it be onely an effectuall faith which GOD accepteth then this justifieth our Doctrine against the Papists that say we teach that onely faith justifieth and require no good workes I say we teach that not a naked but an effectuall faith doth it So that all the difference betweene them and vs is this we agree both in this that workes are necessarily required to saluation that no man shall see GOD without them without purenesse of heart and integrity of life We say Except men mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit they shall dye and there is no condemnation to them that walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit That is there is a necessity put vpon men to walke after the Spirit in this we agree but here is the difference They say that faith and workes both are required to justifie we say that nothing is required but faith and that workes follow faith wee say faith indeed is working and produceth ●uch effects so that whereas they say faith and workes we say faith only but it must be an effectuall faith a working faith If they object that place of Iames wee are not justified by faith but by workes I answer that there is a double justification there is a justification of the person so was Abraham justified by faith as Paul expresseth it Rom. 4. But then there is a second justification a justification of the faith that Abraham had he justified his faith by his works he shewed that hee had not a dead faith a liuelesse faith a faith without workes but that he had a liuely effectuall faith for he added workes to his faith his workes wrought together with his faith So that if the question be Whether Abraham was an hypocrite his workes justified him that hee was none If the question be Whether Abraham was a sinner his faith justifieth him and shewes that he was made righteous through faith So there is a justification of the person and a justification of the faith of the person as when a man is said to justifie such an action or such a cause the meaning is not that he will make that just which was vnjust before but he will make it appeare to be just so Abraham was declared to haue a justifying faith by that power and efficacie it wrought in him in offering vp his sonne Againe it is objected out of that place that by workes faith is made perfect therefore it seemes that faith is nothing alone if workes bee not joyned with it I answer that when it is said that faith is made perfect by workes the meaning is that faith is made good by workes the perfection of faith is declared by workes As one that professeth that he hath an Art and that he is able to doe this and that if he doe the worke wherein his Art is shewed if he make any artificiall worke by that he maketh good his Art Or as when we say these Trees are good because they haue sappe in them they are not dead Trees Now the Tree is made perfect by the fruit so faith by workes is made perfect Not that workes put life into faith the sap must first be in the Tree and then it bringeth forth fruit so there must first be a life in faith and then it bringeth forth workes So that when we say that faith is made perfect by workes the meaning is that workes declare faith to be right as the fruit doth declare the Tree to haue sap Againe if it be objected as it is by them that workes and loue c. are to faith as the soule is to the body for as the body without the soule is dead so faith without workes is dead Hence they gather that faith is as the body and that loue and workes are as the soule therefore faith justifieth not but workes To this I answer They take the comparison amisse For the scope of it is this as a soulelesse body is nothing worth it is dead and no man regardeth it so is a workelesse faith The meaning is not that workes are as the soule and faith as the body but as a man when he lookes vpon a carkasse and seeth no life in it no pulse no motion no sence such a body is nothing worth so when we see a faith without motion that hath no pulses that hath no expression of life in it such a faith is of no worth But you will say if we be not justified by workes to what end are good workes required I answer there is end enough there are motiues enow Is not loue a ground strong enough to bring forth good workes When this objection was made to Paul Rom. 6. If Grace abound why may wee not sinne the more for Grace aboundeth as sinne aboundeth he might easily haue answered Except you doe good workes you cannot be saued but he saith How can we that are dead to sinne liue any longer therein That is when a man is once in CHRIST there will be such a change wrought in him that hee shall finde CHRIST killing sinne in him and hee shall be raised againe to newnesse of life insomuch that he must of necessity doe it there will be loue in his heart that will set him aworke that will constraine him therefore saith he are you not baptized into Christs death That is when a man is in CHRIST he is dead to sinne as CHRIST dyed for him so that though there be no such motiue as for a man to get Heauen by his workes yet vpon the taking of Christ there is a loue planted in the heart there is a change wrought in the heart so that there is an aptnesse in it to doe good workes so that now a man delighteth in the Law of God concerning his inward man he desires nothing more then to be employed in it it is his meate and drinke to doe the will of GOD. Is not this enough to moue vs Againe though good workes be not required for justification yet this may be a motiue GOD rewards vs he chastens and afflicts vs according to our workes 1 Pet. 1.15

will bee minding other matters some about their profits and some their pleasures c. but when the Holy Ghost shall shew you these things that is when he presents them to vs that draweth the heart from minding other things to seeke after CHRIST to long after him and not to content your selues till you be vnited to him But besides this there is a third act of the Holy Ghost by which hee workes it and maketh this faith effectuall and that is the testimonie that the Spirit giues to our spirits telling vs that these things are ours when the heart is prepared by the Law and when these things are so shewed vnto vs that wee prize them and long after them yet there must bee a third thing that is to take them to our selues to beleeue that they be ours and there needeth a worke of the Spirit for this too for though the promises be neuer so cleere yet hauing nothing but the promises you will finde that you will neuer be able to apply them to your selues but when the Holy Ghost shall say Christ is thine and these things belong to thee and GOD is thy Father when the Spirit shall beare witnesse with our spirits by an immediate work of his owne then we shall beleeue This is necessarily required and without this wee shall not beleeue It is true the holiest man doth it two wayes One is by cleering of the promises shining into our hearts by such a light as makes vs able to discerne them and to beleeue them and to assent to them But besides that hee doth it by an immediate voice by which he speaketh immediately to our spirits that wee can say as they said Ioh. 16. Now thou speakest plainly and speakest no parable we vnderstand thee fully so till the Holy Ghost speake to vs we are in a Cloud GOD is hid from vs wee cannot see him cleerely but when we haue this Spirit of Adoption to giue vs this witnesse then wee beleeue plainely indeed Therefore in Isay 57.19 saith the Lord I create the fruit of the lips Peace c. That is the Ministers may speake peace to you but vnlesse I goe and ioyne with the Minister except I adde a power of mine owne that is such an almighty power as I vsed in the Creation it shall neuer bring peace to you I create the fruit of the lips that is the words of the Minister to be peace otherwise they would be ineffectuall Therefore I say there must bee a worke of the Spirit to perswade a man in such a case And you shall finde by experience let a Minister come to them that are in despaire they will not apprehend the promises though we vse neuer so cleere reasons though we argue with them neuer so long and neuer so strongly we shall finde that all will doe nothing it will be but labour spent in vaine till GOD himselfe open the Clouds till hee will smile on a man and send his Spirit into the heart to giue a secret witnesse to him till there be a worke of his owne joyning with the promises we finde by experience that our labour is lost It is true we ought to doe this and euery man is bound to looke to the Word for faith commeth by hearing and to hearken to the Ministery for it is Gods ordinance to breed faith in the heart but yet till there be a worke of the Spirit a man shall neuer be so perswaded as to haue any sure and sound comfort by it Now all this is done by the Spirit it is the wonderfull worke of GOD for when CHRIST is propounded to men when he is offered as we haue often offered him to you we haue shewed you what accesse you haue to him that no man is excluded that he is offered to euery creature vnder heauen we haue shewed you the generality of the promise that it takes in all that you are contained vnder it that you may apply it to your selues I say when all this is done yet when a man comes to performe this to apply it to himselfe he is no more able to doe it then a dead man is able to stirre himselfe Therefore the same power that raised CHRIST from the dead is required to worke faith in our hearts as it is in Eph. 1.19 According to his mighty power which he wrought in Christ when hee raised him from the dead So that it is as great a worke to moue a mans heart to CHRIST as to put life into a dead man we are as vnapt and backward to it as a dead man is to receiue life For what else is the reason that when we preach CHRIST to you when hee is offered to you that there bee so few that are affected with him that there be so few that take him doth it not shew that you are dead yea so dead that vnlesse GOD call you and that there be a mighty worke of the Spirit the hearts of men will neuer answer vnto vs. Therefore that is required as a condition in all them who will come Act. 2. So many as the LORD our GOD shall call That is when wee preach except there bee a secret voyce of the Spirit of CHRIST speaking to your hearts as wee doe to your eares and saying Come and take CHRIST no man will come We see CHRIST said to his Apostles Follow mee and presently they followed him for it was not the outward voice that did it there was a secret voice within so when GOD shall call men to take CHRIST then they doe it but not before That word that is vsed Luk. 14.23 Goe and COMPELL them to come in that my House may be full it intimates a great backwardnesse in vs. When men are compelled it shewes that not onely the arguments are strong and forcible but that there is a great backwardnesse in men that they must as it were be constrained that they must be put on it by force and against their will such is the vnaptnesse that is in men So saith CHRIST no man comes to me except the Father draw him That phrase of the Holy Ghost shewes that there is an extreme backwardnesse that if they be not forced to come as it were they will not doe it not but that when a man is once wrought vpon by the Holy Ghost hee commeth of himself but that phrase is vsed only to shew that backwardnesse that is in man by nature For when the Holy Ghost hath wrought vpon the will and hath turned that then a man commeth vpon his owne legs and is moued from an inward principle of his owne therefore men are so drawne that withall they runne after him as it is Cant. 1. but it shewes this thing for which I haue vsed it that there is a wondrous backwardnesse in all of vs by nature and that this must be done by a great worke of the Spirit Therefore the Apostle

transgression and sinne yet it is added he will not hold the wicked innocent So when we haue said so much of faith and that faith saueth yet know that it must be a working faith that saueth vs It must be such a faith as purifieth the heart it must be such a faith that may shew it selfe in fruits worthy amendment of life And therefore Saint Iames taketh so much paines in this case as you shall finde in his first Chapter and the beginning of the second hee layeth downe rules and tels them that if they keepe the whole Law and yet faile in one point they are guilty of the whole Now hauing dealt so strictly some might be ready to object GOD is mercifull and I shall be saued through faith It is true saith hee if you haue a right faith you shall be saued by it but yet know this that vnlesse your faith be such a faith as enableth you to doe what I say it is a faith that will doe you no good it will not saue you for though faith saueth you yet it must be such a faith as worketh And that he proueth by many arguments it is a place worth the considering and fit for this purpose I say hee vseth some arguments to proue that that faith which is not effectuall will not saue vs. As first Saith he if a man should say to one Be warmed or Be filled as this is but vaine liberality when as yet a man doth nothing so for a man to professe that he beleeueth in CHRIST and yet doth nothing for him it is a vaine faith Secondly Some man might say Thou hast faith and I haue workes shew me thy faith by thy workes That is if a man haue faith hee will shew it by his workes As if hee should haue said If the Sunne be the greatest light let it giue the greatest splendor If the Loadstone be of such a vertue let it shew it by attracting the Iron to it So if thy faith be effectuall shew it by thy workes that is if thy faith be a true faith it must bee a working faith or else it is nothing GOD will not accept it Thirdly vnlesse it be a working faith an effectuall faith the Diuels haue the same thou beleeuest that there is one God the Diuels doe the same and tremble Fourthly If any man could be justified by faith without workes Abraham might haue beene so justified but Abraham was justified by his workes that is by such a faith as had workes joyned with it And not Abraham onely but Rahab that is another example for it might be objected Abraham indeed beleeued and was justified by workes but Rahab had no workes shee was a wicked woman and therefore was justified by faith To this therfore he answereth that she had workes or else she could not haue beene saued vnlesse she had such a worke as that in sending away the Messengers her faith could not haue justified her Indeede that was a great worke for she aduentured her life in it And lastly saith he as the body without the soule is a dead body a stinking carrion there is no preciousnesse nor no excellency in it so faith without workes is dead Therefore looke to your faith doe not thinke that a faith that meerely taketh Christ and beleeueth in him that it is a faith that shall justifie you Let all these arguments perswade you that if it bee not a working faith it shall doe you no good Therefore let this be the first Vse to consider your faith whether it be effectuall or no by the working of it The second Vse that we may make of it is this Hence we should learne to iudge of our estates and conditions by the efficacie of our faith for if no faith be receiued but that which is effectuall then it behooues vs to looke to the working of our faith Againe if GOD accept no faith but that which is effectuall hence we may learne also not to beleeue all that say they haue faith nor to beleeue all those that say they haue none As for those that say they haue no faith yet if we see the fruites of faith in them that they haue those things that faith brings forth If you see a man that complaineth he beleeueth not yet if he loue the Saints if he endeuour to keepe GODS Commandements if he continue not in any knowne sinne if hee doe not dare to omit holy duties nor to sleight them certainely this man hath faith for we finde the effects of it there although he haue lost one act of his faith which is the comfortable assurance of a good estate yet if the first act by which he resteth vpon Christ and by which he taketh Christ to himselfe be there we may conclude there is faith When we see smoke and feele heate we say there is fire though we see no flame so when we see these fruits in a man we may boldly say he hath faith though he hath not such a reflect act as to know in himselfe that he hath it and so to haue a comfortable assurance of his condition On the other side if a man saith he knoweth and is perswaded that his sinnes are forgiuen his conscience is at rest and yet for all this we finde no workes I say this man hath not faith for there wants the efficacie of it So that as the two sonnes in the Gospell one said he would goe into the Vineyard and did not the other said he would not goe yet afterwards he repented and went so it is with these two the one saith he hath not faith and yet for all that we see he doth the things that faith requireth we see the efficacy of faith in him Againe the other saith hee hath faith and yet doth not bring forth the fruites of faith he doth not shew the efficacy of faith in his life the one shall be justified the other shall be condemned As when we take two Drugges or two Pearles c. the one hath lost his colour seemeth withered and dead so that to the outward view it hath lost all yet it hath its efficacie still that such a thing should haue the other looks very faire and hath a right colour and smell but it hath no efficacie in it wee say one is a liuely Drug and a good one and the other a counterfeit so when one man complaines that he hath no grace that he is an hypocrite and yet hee brings forth fruite worthy amendment of life and wee see the working of his faith I say this is true faith On the other side hee that makes a shew of faith and yet wants the efficacie of it he hath no faith Wee should learne thus to iudge when men professe they haue faith and wee finde it not by their workes It should teach both ciuill men and hypocrites to know their estates for it discouereth both For when the ciuill man commeth and

it to clense it And therefore we should learne to make vse of our Faith to set it on worke It is a generall Rule in all things and as true in this If a man haue an estate what is he the better to haue it if he doe not vse it To haue a friend what is a man the better if he doe not vse him Shall a man be a Fauourite of a Prince and get nothing by it Faith makes a man a Fauourite of GOD a friend to GOD and will you make no vse of GOD It is that which he expects at your hands will you haue GOD in vaine Shall hee be your GOD and will you make no vse of his power of his wisdome of his ability to hold you vp to helpe you vpon all occasions You should make vse of him all that is his is yours if you make vse of it by faith Againe shall men haue such priuiledges as we haue by faith and shall not wee comfort our selues by them What is it for a man to haue great estates great Titles of Honor and Houses and Lands if a man doe not thinke vpon them that these considerations may cheere him We should doe so with faith this is the vse of faith Againe if faith be vsed it is able to doe much for vs if it lye still it will doe nothing You know what they did Heb. 11. They hauing faith it made them doe that it was but the vse of their faith So it is with vs Looke how much thou vsest thy faith so much thou shalt be able to doe Therefore Christ saith Be it according to thy faith that is not according to the habit of thy faith that lyes dead as a Talent wrapped vp there but be it vnto thee according to the vse of thy faith If thou set faith on worke it will be able to doe great things it will be able to doe wonders it will be able to ouercome the world it is able to worke righteousnesse it is able to preuaile with GOD and men it is able to goe thorow the greatest matters But you will say How shall I vse it That is the thing indeed which I purposed now to haue shewed how faith must be vsed how we must liue by faith I should haue shewed how you should vse it First in comforting of our selues for that is one vse of Faith thou shouldst set it aworke to fill thy heart with ioy out of the assurance of the forgiuenesse of sinne and of the priuiledges which thou hast by CHRIST When a man hath faith and finds his heart no more affected then other mens he findes no reioycing there more then ordinary Now set faith on work learn to beleeue and that throughly First set faith on worke to beleeue to trust perfectly as the Apostle speakes Gal. 3. In the grace reuealed by Iesus Christ trust perfectly that is thou shouldst beleeue the full forgiuenesse of thy sinnes thou must not beleeue it by halues so that there should be a distance as it were betweene GOD and thee some odde scores vnacquitted vncrost but thou shouldest beleeue so that thy joy may be full thou shouldest beleeue throughly that thy sinnes are forgiuen that all are acquitted thou must not limit God in his mercie at all as thou shouldest not limit him in his power Thus a man should set faith on worke that he may be able to say My Beloued is mine and I am his I know there is a Match made betweene vs. For vnlesse you lay this ground a man shall not reioyce This is all therfore now vse thy faith If Satan now come and tell thee of some sinnes and of some circumstances of those sinnes and of some wants in thy repentance and humiliation what serues faith for now What serues all this for that you haue learned heere concerning the Doctrine of Faith but to teach you that these should be no scruples you should beleeue and that perfectly When this is done that you see there is a Match a Couenant made betweene GOD and you now you must know that all that Christ hath is yours whatsoeuer hee hath by Nature you haue it by Grace If hee be a Sonne ye are sonnes If he be an Heire yee are heires and when ye haue done this then consider all the particulars of the wealth of a Christian that all is yours whether it be Paul or Apollos or the world c. These things wee haue often spoken of you should runne through and consider of them If a man will consider that he is a King that the world is his that whatsoeuer is in CHRIST belongs to him and oweth him a good turne and will doe it at one time or other when he considers all the precious promises A man reckons his wealth not onely by his money which he hath lying in his Coffers that he hath present but by Bils and Bonds and Leases c. So how many promises thou hast there is not a promise in the Booke of GOD but it is thine set thy faith on worke to consider this and to reioyce in it set faith on worke so to see them that thou maiest reioyce in them and weyne thee from the things of this world not to regard them for they are small things of no hold Shall a King regard Cottages and trifles No if thou thinke in good earnest that thou art such a man why doest thou regard trifles Thou shouldst doe this when other men reckon their Lands and their Houses and their friends a Christian reckons he hath GOD hee hath many good workes in store hee hath so many precious promises laid vp in the Land of the Liuing Set thy faith on worke thus not onely to reioyce but to bring in a holy magnanimitie answerable to such a condition and let not Faith giue ouer till it haue brought thee to this Certainely a man that beleeues he is a King he will haue another spirit for there is no other reason wherefore it is said Saul had another spirit but that when he came to be a King he had a spirit answerable When thou beleeuest these priuiledges when thou settest thy Faith on worke to beleeue indeed to beleeue them to be reall things and not fancies and notions there will be bred a disposition answerable a carriage and spirit suteable thou wilt not admit of things that are vnfit for such a person thou canst not doe it but as one that is a Prince that hath those hopes actually he cannot admit of thoughts that other men haue no more can a Christian when he is borne from aboue by the immortall seede there is such a disposition wrought in him that if he will set his faith on worke to beleeue these things he shall not be able to admit of those base things which hee did before and which others doe Againe if a man set his Faith aworke to beleeue these things he would be able to vse the World

shall be discerned doe not say thou lovest mee and yet art negligent in doing for mee Feede my Lambes We shall not need to presse this much in this Congregation because it belongs to the Ministery Although you haue somewhat to doe in it for the Magistracie also whereby they may expresse their love to the Lord Iesus to helpe the feeding of Christ Lambes It is true wee are as the vines that bring forth the grapes but you are as the elmes that holde up those vines the Magistrates feede the people as well as the Ministers therefore that phrase is applied to David hee was a Shepheard Therefore in your severall occasions when you meete with that which may tend to the feeding of the people of God when you shall labour so farre as may lie within your compasse that the Gospell may have a free passage that there may be more faithfull and laborious Ministers set up in the severall places of the kingdome the more you doe this the more you feede Christs lambes And if you will shew that love you have to the Lord shew it by feeding his people that is by doing that which lyes in your power tending to that end by doing of it zealously with all your might And as that was the worke that Christ put Peter upon for the tryall of his love so I may say to every one of you If you will shew that you love the Lord Iesus doe the worke that belongs to your particular place for every calling hath a particular worke in it if you love the Lord be diligent in that way in that calling which Christ hath given you to doe him service in and herein you shall shew your love as it was Christs owne speech I have glorified thy Name that is in that particular worke in that charge which thou gavest me to performe so you must shew your love to God in doing the actions of your particular callings diligently You know when that womans heart abounded in love to Christ how it found out a way wherein it would shew it selfe presently in breaking the boxe of oyntment c. As it is said of faith It is dead without workes so love is dead without workes the Lord regards it not it is a dead carkasse without motion Wee know it is the nature of love to be diligent if you doe love Christ it will make you diligent And as you will be ready to doe much so you will be ready to suffer much also these two I put together because suffering is a kinde of doing onely it is a doing of things when there is difficultie and hardnesse Now if you love the Lord Iesus see what you will suffer for his sake those that we love wee are exceeding readie to suffer for A husband that loves his spouse is exceeding readie to suffer any thing to enjoy her love he is willing to suffer any displeasure of parents of friends to suffer the losse of his estate he cares not for discredit in the world hee is ready to breake through thicke and thinne and to doe any thing so he may obtaine her love at the last So if you love the Lord Iesus you will suffer any thing for his sake It was an excellent testimony of Davids love in 2 Sam. 6.21 when David there dancing before the Arke was scoffed at by Michal his wife see what an answere hee gives her It is saith he before the Lord as if hee should say I am willing to beare this at thy hands for it is to the Lord who hath chosen me rather than thy father and all his house As if he should say seeing it is the Lord for whose sake I endure this rebuke at thy hands I care not for it I am willing to doe it yea I will doe it more and be more vile in mine owne eyes and expose my selfe yet to more scorne and derision since it is to the Lord who hath chosen mee rather than thy fathers house so I say when any thing comes to be suffered for any good action for any good cause as indeede commonly such actions have sufferings joyned with them if you love the Lord you will be ready to goe through it and that with cheerfulnesse because it is to the Lord who hath chosen you and passed by so many thousands And therefore it was the commendation of those in Heb. 10. it was an argument of their sincerity that they suffered the spoyl●ng of their goods with joy Whence came this but from their love to the Lord they were so farre from being backward to suffer as that they were glad to have the opportunitie to suffer somewhat for his sake But you will say I am readie to doe much for the Lord and I hope I am not backward to suffer for him It is well if it be so but let mee adde this to all that I have said In what manner doest thou doe that thou doest You know the caution that the Apostle puts in in 1 Iohn 5.3 Herein is love manifested that we keepe his commandements and his commandements are not grievous Indeed herein is the reality of love seene that we keepe the commandements of God It is true a man may doe much for Christ and yet not love him an hypocrite may goe farre in performances and yet though he doth much hee may not love much therefore you must examine your selves by that in what manner you doe that which you doe Therefore it is added if wee keepe his commandements and they be not grievous as if he should say the manner of your doing is all in all you must both doe much and suffer much but they must both be done willingly You know the wife and the servant they both serve the husband and doe much for him both are alike diligent yet notwithstandi●g there is this difference the wife doth it out of love shee doth it in another manner proceeding from another affection aiming at another end than the servant doth So two men may be diligent in keeping the same commandement of the Lord the one doth it as one that loves the Lord earnestly being desirous to please him as one that delights in the Lord nothing doth more content him that when he is in an opportunity wherein he may expresse his love to the Lord all his commandements are not grievous to him it is not respect to the reward it is not an eye to the punishment that mooves him A man indeed may doe much for the Lord when it is the respects that he hath to hell and to judgement to heaven and the reward that moves him Not but that these may be motives but yet you must remember this that if these be the principall and if these onely moove you you doe it not out of love you take but an aime from your selves When a man hath a businesse of his owne to doe you know how carefull he is in it and with what diligence hee doth it how often

what Ibid. Alone Faith worketh best alone 1.68 How God is to us alone 3.158 Amisse God heares not when wee aske amisse 2.194 Anger Tryall of our love by anger 3.87 Anger what 3.88 Many men are but angry with sinne 3.97 See hate Application see Offer Approbation There may be approbation of that which is good in an evillman 3.192 Argument see Spirit Ashamed Love is not ashamed 3.76 Assaults We meet with new assaults daily 1.135 True peace hath assaults 2.110 Assent Assent of three sorts 1.47 Assurance Wee should labour to grow in assurance 1.129.2.72 Two wayes to increase assurance 2.76 Assurance of Gods love begetteth love 3.110 143. Meane● to get assurance 3.144 B. Baptise Baptising what meant by it in Marke 16. 1.54 Baptisme what 2.97 Beleeve It is not in mans power to beleeve 2.48 If ●e beleeve God is ready to helpe and why 2.173 See Spirit Benefit Benefit in taking Christ. 1.33 Benefits by Christ may be looked to 1.54 91 97.2.14 Benefits by Christ draw the will 1.106 Benefits by Christ must not onely be looked to 2.119 Benefit to crosse our selves in it a signe of love 3.64 Benefit to us that we love Christ. 3.175 Best Best thing in man is love 3.47 Blessing Blessing of God 2.180 Blood Blood of Christ not shed in vaine 1.111 Blood of Christ to be guilty of it 2.103 Boast Salvation is of gift that none might boast 1.8 45 Boldnesse We should apply the promises with boldnesse 1.86 Gods free promise should give us boldnes 1.88 Boldnesse in prayer from the spirit of adoption 2.104 Boldnesse the parent of love 3.105 Bondage The spirit of bondage requi●ite 2.49 Bounty Love is bountifull 2.127 3 60 Tryalls of the bounty of love 3.64 Busie Being over busie in worldly things a sign of too much love to them 3.124 Build Built When a man is said to be well built 2.34 How Ministers should build 2.74 C. Calling see Diligent Care Care required and forbidden what 2.115 Carnall Ioy of an hypocrite carnall 2.134 Certainty Certainty of obtaining Christ if we seeke him 1.33 109 See Promise Change Change the necessity of it 1.58 Chearfull Chearfull service an argument of loue 3.66 Chearfullnesse why God requires it Ibid. Christ. Christ the reiecting of him 1 28 Christ what we have with him 1 31 Christ 3 considerations to move men to take him 1 33 Christ his willingnesse to receive sinners 1 110 Christ his riches and excellency 2 50 Christ the end of his comming into the world 2 57 Christ good workes evidence our right in him 2 70 Christ hee that loves not is not in him 3 5 Christ two things to make us love him 3 15 Cleare The righteousnesse of Christ manifested more cleerely in the Gospell than formerly 1 4 Coldnesse Coldnesse in Christian profession a cause of the plague 3 93 Command Love an affection that commands the rest 3.8 87 Hee that neglects Gods commands loues him not 3 115 Keeping Gods commands a signe our loue is diligent 3 173 Comfort We should set faith on worke to comfort us 2 142 Considerations to helpe faith in comforting 2 149 Company To company with the Saints a signe of loue to Christ. 3 102 Complacency Loue of complacency 3 9 Loue of complacency onely to Saints 3 102 Compell To compell men to come in what 1 114 2 56 Communion Prayer bringeth to communion with God 3 50 Competition Tryall of loue in case of competition 3 123 Comming The end of Christs comming 2 59 Desire of Christs second comming a tryall of loue 3.71 Comming of Christ how to know wee desire it 3 72 Preparation for Christs comming 3 172 Complaint Complaint double 1 74 Compleate Compleate will in taking Christ. 1 22 Concupiscence Loue of concupiscence 3 9 Condition Conditionall Conditionall covenant 1 38 Condition required by God easie 3 44 Confesse Confessing of Christ. 2 158 Constant. Constant cleaving to Christ. 2 118 Constant good carriage a signe of love 3 130 Constant love to God must be love above all other things 3 165 Content The nature of holy men apt to take content in outward things 2 161 Love content with nothing but love 3 66 Constraine How love constrai●eth 3 29 Cost God observes what cost wee are at in his service 3 63 Covenant Covenant 〈◊〉 1 38 Covenant not broken by infirmities 1 131 2 152. 3 147 Covenant ought to be renewed 3 215 Crosse. Crosse may meete a man in Gods worke 2 201 Cruell Hatred more cruell than anger 3 98 Curse Curse upon him that loves not Christ. 3 18 To be cursed what 3 176 Curse of God in foure things 3 177 D. Damnation Damnation to be preached to men out of Christ. 3 33 Danger Danger in not taking Christ. 1 33 Danger how faith guides in it 2 161 Danger in not loving the Lord. 3 176 Deare We must part with that which is deare for Christ. 1.115 117 Deceive Men apt to deceive themselves 2 4 See Taking Deferre We must not deferre to take Christ. 1 31 Degree Faith admits degrees in ●oure respects 1 117 We must grow in the degrees of ●aith ● 127 Our love to God not alwayes in the same degree 3 170 Delight Delight in worldly things a signe of love to them 3 122 Deliverance Delivered Deliverance Gods children put to waite for it 2 123 Deliverance instances of Gods deferring it 2 172 Faith once delivered 3 210 Deliberate Deliberate will in taking Christ. 1 22 Denie Deniall By denying our selves wee enioy our selves 1 116 Faith will take no deniall 2 120 Dependance Love of dependance 3 9 Desire Desire after Christ. 1 30 Desire the strength of it how tryed Ibid. Desire tryall of love by it 3 27 Desire when it is right God takes the will for the deed 3 202 Death Dead Die Death of Christ the end of it 1 36 As great a worke to moue the heart to Christ as to raise the dead 2 55 Faith ineffectuall is dead 2 58 Faith without workes dead 2 64 69 Backwardnesse in the Saints to die 3 72 Difficulties Faith admits degrees in regard of difficulties 1 123 Difficulties wee must labour to beleeue notwithstanding them 1 128 Difficulties how faith guides in them 2 158 Difficulties God can helpe in them 2 174 Diligence Diligence a tryall of love 3 26 Diligence in our calling an argument of love 3 77 Diligence of love 3 172 Diligence of love wherein it is Ibid. Direct Direct and reflect act of faith the difference betweene them 1 63 Discourage Those that have weake faith should not be discouraged 1.130 The Divell labours to discourage 1 133 See God Disease A mans carnall selfe is his disease 1 116 Discretion Discretion 3 209 Divell What faith the divell hath 2. 59 63 Doe Done What is to bee done by those that have Christs righteousnesse 1 15 Readinesse to doe for Christ. 1 24 That the Lord hath done for us a motive to loue him 3 47 Love ready to doe for them

excellency and the riches of Christ. Eph. 1.18.19 opened Obiect Ans. No man can so see the riches of Christ as to be affected with them with●ut the helpe of the Spirit 1 Cor. 2.12 opened Ioh. 14.21 opened Ier. 31 33. opened 3 By assuring vs that these things are ours This also must be wrought by the Spirit The testimony of the Spirit wrought two waies 1 By clearing the promises 2 By an immediate voice Ioh. 16.29 Isa. 57.19 opened All arguments without the Spirit preuaile not Eph. 1.19 opened Act. 2.39 Luk. 14.23 opened That men are compelled to come in what it implies What is implyed by drawing Ioh. 6.44 opened How the Holy Ghost draweth Cant. 1.4 Eph. 1.18 4 Why God will accept no faith but that which is effectuall 1 Because else it is not faith because it is dead Similes 2 Because such faith hath no loue Rom. 8.28 3 Because the Deuils haue such a faith 4 Because it workes no mortification 5 Because else Christ should lose the end of his comming into the world 6 Good workes are the way to saluation Eph. 2.10 Rom. 2.6 Mat. 26.35 39. Vse 1. To try our faith whether it be sound Simile Iam. 2.14 Simile Exod. 34.6.7 Obiect Ans. Fiue arguments of Saint Iames against worklesse faith Note Vse 2. To judge our conditions by the efficacy of our faith Not to beleeue all that say they haue faith nor all that say they haue none Act of faith double Simile A man may haue faith though he want feeling Of those that say they haue faith but haue not Simile Psal. 119.7 Vse 3. To iustifie the Doctrine of good workes against the Papists slanders Difference betweene vs and Papists in the Doctrine of iustification Obiect Ans. Iustification double Rom. 4. Note Simile Answ. Faith made perfect by works what Simile 3 Obiect Ans. What meant by these words Faith without workes is dead 4 Obiect Ans. Why good works are required seeing they iustifie not Rom. 6.1 2. 1 They euidence our right in Christ. 2 God rewards according to our works 1 Pet. 1.15 3 Good workes necessary though not to iustification Different rise of good works in Papists and vs. An hypocrite cannot doe things out of loue to God 2 Cor. 13.2 Vse 3. To labour to grow in faith and assurance What course to take in weaknesse of grace Simile Labouring to strengthen faith of much vse 1 In getting assurance of pardon after sin is committed 2 In conflict with strong lusts 3 In want of graces How Ministers should build Simile Simile Vse 4. To looke to faith in our search Two wayes to increase assurance Simile Vse 5. To learne to iudge aright of our workes Iames 2.22 God accepts our workes no further then he findes faith in them Mat. 15.26 27. Heb. 11. God accepts the gift for the giuer To doe a thing by faith what Godlinesse what Heb. 11.6 Rom. 13. We must reckon common actions in our callings to be good workes Vse 6. To try if we haue faith 1 Triall A secret perswasion of the Spirit Reu. 2 17. Hidden Mannah White stone what it signifieth Gods manner of working faith Alike trouble of Spirit in conuersion not necessary to all and why Simile Soft voice what 1 Part of the soft voice a clearing of the promise Though the promises are neere vnlesse God cleere them we see them not Luk. 24. 2 Part of the soft voice the immediate testimony of Gods Spirit Rom. 8. Obiect Ans. How to know the testimony of the Spirit from a delusion How faith is wrought Whence longing after Christ comes Ioh. 19. How to know whether faith be wrought in vs. A beast cannot reflect vpon his actions as a man can How to know that the promise is cleared to vs. Rom. 8. The match betweene Christ and the soule reciprocall Fiue signes of effectuall faith 1. Signe True faith purifieth the heart Acts 15.9 Acts 26.18 Faith and repentance put together in the Scripture why True faith hath repentance Faith what it is Obedience Heb. 8.8 A Couenant what Generall reformation Christ dwels in the heart as the soule in the body Gal. 2.20 Isay 57.13.18 opened Simile How to know if Christ dwell in the heart Acts 8.37 opened Baptisme what Taking Christ deceitfully To take Christ with the whole heart what Act. 2● 17 18. To turne to God what Faith and the desire of satisfying lusts cannot stand together Ier. 3. Men deceiued in the definition of faith Try faith as we doe other things Similes Digression for application to the Sacrament Rules of examination before and after the Sacrament Where Christ dwels indeed he giues power against sinne Phil. 4.12 To be guilty of the body blood of Christ what Quest. Answ. 2 Signe A Spirit of Prayer Spirit of adoption what Gal. 4.6 The Spirit of adoption maketh vs 1 Earnest in Prayer 2 Bold and confident Obiect Ans. True Prayer what Rom. 8. Prayer double The voice of Gods Spirit in vs what Quest. Ans. How to know the voyce of Gods Spirit in our prayers Wicked men come to God as a stranger the Saints as to a friend Hosea 7.14 opened Eph 3.7 3. Signe of faith Peace Rom. 5.1 Obiect Ans. Exod. 14. Psal. 3. 2 A twofold peace The third marke of faith it brings peace Phil. 4.6 opened Mat. 6. Ioh. 3.12 Gen. 24.7 4. Signe of effectual faith To hold out in cleauing to Christ. To hold out implyeth 3. things 1 To cleaue constantly to Christ. which no●e can doe that take Christ 1 Out of mis-information 2 Out of feare 3 Out of loue to his and not to him 4 Out of slender and slight grounds 2 To take no denyall 3 To be content to waite Hab. 2. Iam. 1. 5. Signe of effectuall faith the concomitants of it which are 4. 1 Loue. 2 Pet. 1.8 Gal. 5. 1 Cor. 13. Obiect Ans. Quest. Ans. Tryals of loue 2 Hope 3 Ioy. Rom. 15.13 1 Pet. 1.8 Obiect Heb. 6. Ans. Tryals of ioy Rom. 5.3 1 Pet. 1.8 Simile Heb. 6. opened 4 Humility Isay. 6. Vse To act and exercise Faith or to set it on Worke. Obiect Ans. Simile Simile Rom. 2. Heb. 11. Quest. Ans. How to vse Faith 1 In comforting our selues Gal. 3. opened Ioh. 16. Simile Considerations to helpe Faith in comforting the Soule Micha 7.8 Psal. 41.7 Quest. Ans. Eph. 4. 2 Tim. 2.19 2 Pet. 1.13 2 Vse of faith to guide and order our liues Simile Instances of faith guiding a man in difficult cases 1 Instance Ioh. 12.12 2 Instance 3 Instance 4 Instance Ier. 42. Ier. 42. 43. Obiect Ans. Ier. 26. 5 Instance Acts 6. 6 Instance Quest. Ans. 7 Instance 8 Instance Quest. Ans. 1 Tim. 4.10 Quest. Ans. To trust in GOD what Quest. 2 Cor. 1.10 opened Answ. Zeph. 3.12 Quest. Answ. 1 Tim. 1.5 2 Chro. 14.11 Quest. Ans. Obiect Answ. 2 Kings 5. Hester 6. Obiect Answ. 1. Isay 7. Isay 9. Answ. 2. Consisting of 3. parts Obiect Ans.