A64642:108
Eighteen sermons preached in Oxford 1640 of conversion, unto God. Of redemption, & justification,…
Eighteen sermons preached in Oxford 1640 of conversion, unto God. Of redemption, & justification, by Christ. By the Right Reverend James Usher, late Arch-bishop of Armagh in Ireland. Published by Jos: Crab. Will: Ball. Tho: Lye. ministers of the Gospel, who writ them from his mouth, and compared their copies together. With a preface concerning the life of the pious author, by the Reverend Stanley Gower, sometime chaplain to the said bishop.Eighteen sermons preached in Oxford 1640 of conversion, unto God. Of redemption, & justification, by Christ. By the Right Reverend James Usher, late Arch-bishop of Armagh in Ireland. Published by Jos: Crabb. Will: Ball. Tho: Lye. ministers of the Gospel, who writ them from his mouth, and compared their copies together. With a preface concerning the life of the pious author, by the Reverend Stanly Gower, sometime chaplain to the said bishop.
London: printed by S. Griffin for Will, 1660
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
but if thou let it run on to confirmed habits, it becomes immovable. Wherefore, saith the Apostle, Heb. 12.1. Let us lay aside the sin which doth so easily beset us. The reason is evident, because else we shall be so hardened, as that we shall not be able. A man that hath a green wound, if he'll seek for his cure betimes, it may be quickly and easily remedied; but through delay it begins to fester, and must be lanced to the quick, not without great pain and anguish to the Patient. Sin is such a wound; if it be let •lone, it corrupts; and proud flesh the more grows up, the longer the cure is delayed. This •herefore should be a chief thing we should take heed of, how we put from us Gods time, and the proffers of mercy till another day.
but if thou let it run on to confirmed habits, it becomes immoveable. Wherefore, saith the Apostle, Heb. 12.1. Let us lay aside the sin which doth so easily beset us. The reason is evident, because else we shall be so hardned, as that we shall not be able. A man that hath a green wound, if he'l seek for his cure betimes, it may be quickly and easily remedied; but through delay it begins to fester, and must be lanced to the quick, not without great pain and anguish to the Patient. Sin is such a wound; if it be let •lone, it corrupts; and proud flesh the more grows up, the longer the cure is delayed. This •herefore should be a chief thing we should take heed of, how we put from us Gods time, and the proffers of mercy till another day.
2. But there are another sort as greatly be••ol'd as these, yea more, if more may be:1