A14239:4
A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…A sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at…
A sermon preached before the Commons-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By James Usher. Professor of Divinity in the University of Dublin, in IrelandA sermon preached before the Commos-House [sic] of Parliament, in Saint Margarets Church at Westminster, the 18. of February. 1620. By Iames Vssher. Professor of Diuinitie in the Vniuersitie of Dublin, in Ireland
London: printed by I.Dawson for John Bartlett, 1624London: printed by I.Dawson for Iohn Bartlett, 1624
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TO THE HONOURABLE ASSEMBLY of the Commons House of Parliament.
TO THE HONOVRABLE ASSEMBLY of the Commons House of Parliament.
IT pleased this Honourable Assembly to require my service, in preaching at that late religious meeting of yours, for the receiving of the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. I was afterward also sent unto by the like authority, to publish that which (according to my poor ability) I then delivered. And although in respect of my self, and of my want of time to prosecute such a subject, I could wish I had been spared from such a task: yet rather then the expectation, and express signification of the desire of the representative body of the whole Commonalty of the Kingdom should rest unsatisfied; I have yielded to commit this unto the disposing and direction of them, for whose sakes it was at first undertaken. Opprimi enim me onere officij malui, quàm id,1 quod mihi cum fide semel impositum fuit, propter infirmitatem animi deponere. The very words which then I uttered, I am not able to present unto you: the substance of the matter I have truly laid down, ⟨image 3⟩though in some places (as it fell out) somewhat contracted, in others a little more enlarged. Whatsoever it is, I wholly submit it unto your grave censures: and so beseeching the Lord to give you prosperous success in all your worthy endeavours for the service of God, his Majesty and your Country, I rest
IT pleased this Honourable Assembly to require my seruice, in preaching at that late religious meeting of yours, for the receiuing of the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper. I was afterward also sent vnto by the like authority, to publish that which (according to my poore ability) I then deliuered. And although in respect of my selfe, and of my want of time to prosecute such a subiect, I could wish I had beene spared from such a taske: yet rather then the expectation, and expresse signification of the desire of the representatiue body of the whole Comminalty of the Kingdome should rest vnsatisfied; I haue yeelded to commit this vnto the disposing and direction of them, for whose sakes it was at first vndertaken. Opprimi enim me onere officij malui, quàm id,