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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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Yet must I needs confess, that he showeth a little more modesty herein then Bellarmine his fellow-Cardinal doth; who would make us believe, that the place in the nineteenth of the Revelation, where the Angel saith to Saint John that would have worshipped him, See thou do it not, I am thy fellow-servant, Worship God; maketh for them; and demandeth very soberly, ewhy they should be reprehended, who do the same thing that John did? and, whether the Calvinists knew better then John, whether Angels were to be adored or no? And as for invocation of them, he telleth us, that fSaint Jacob plainly prayed unto an Angel, in the 48. of Genesis, when in blessing the sons of Joseph, he said, The Angel which delivered me from all evil, bless those children. Whom for answer we remit to Saint Cyril, (in the first Chapter of the third book of his Thesaurus) and entreat him to tell us, how near of kin he is here to those Heretics of whom S. Cyril there speaketh. His words be these: That he doth not ⟨p. 30⟩mean (in that place, Genes. 48.16.) an Angel, as the HERETICS understand it, but the Son of God, is manifest by this: that when he had said, [The Angel,] he presently addeth, [who delivered me from all evils.] Which S. Cyril presupposeth, no good Christian will ascribe to any but to God alone.
Yet must I needs confesse, that hee sheweth a little more modesty heerein then Bellarmine his fellow-Cardinall doth; who would make vs beleeue, that the place in the nineteenth of the Reuelation, where the Angell saith to Saint Iohn that would haue worshipped him, See thou doe it not, I am thy fellow-seruant, Worship God; maketh for them; and demandeth very soberly, ewhy they should be reprehended, who doe the same thing that Iohn did? and, whether the Caluinists knew better then Iohn, whether Angels were to bee adored or no? And as for inuocation of them, he telleth vs, that fSaint Iacob plainly prayed vnto an Angell, in the 48. of Genesis, when in blessing the sonnes of Ioseph, hee said, The Angell which deliuered me from all euill, blesse those children. Whom for answere we remit to Saint Cyril, (in the first Chapter of the third booke of his Thesaurus) and intreate him to tell vs, how neere of kinne hee is here to those Hereticks of whom S. Cyril there speaketh. His words bee these: That hee doth not