Armor for the breast.
1. Of righteousness (for Christ) (Isa. 59:17); (for the Christian’s conflict in the heavenlies) (Eph. 6:14).
2. Of faith and love (for the wilderness) (1 Thess. 5:8).
3. Of iron (steeled conscience) (Rev. 9:9).
4. Of fire, jacinth, and brimstone (dire judgments) (Rev. 9:17). See ARMOR.
Medieval Breastplates