A64642:114
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.
Mark, when Gods hand is on them, they will seek him: and as in the 6. Chap. 1. v. say one to another, Come let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn and he will heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up: How penitent were they when Gods hand was on them: but let it once be removed, and hear how God presently complains of them: O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Mark, thy goodness is as a morning cloud, such a goodness as is extorted, that is as temporary as earthly dew! Another considerable place we have in the Psal. 78.34. When he slew them, then they sought him, and they returned and enquired early after God. Was not this a great conversion? When they were ⟨p. 34⟩in this dismal condition, they were not troubled with cares, for Wife or Children, Houses or Lands, how can we think but that these men died in peace, that were in so good a humour; yet see what follows, verse 36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouths, and lied unto him with their tongues.
Mark, when Gods hand is on them, they will seek him: and as in the 6. Chap. 1. v. say one to another, Come let us return unto the Lord, for he hath torn and he will heal us, he hath smitten and he will bind us up: How penitent were they when Gods hand was on them: but let it once be removed, and hear how God presently complaines of them: O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. Mark, thy goodness is as a morning cloud, such a goodness as is extorted, that is as temporary as earthly dew! Another considerable place we have in the Psal. 78.34. When he slew them, then they sought him, and they returned and enquired early after God. Was not this a great conversion? When they were ⟨p. 34⟩in this dismal condition, they were not troubled with cares, for Wife or Children, Houses or Lands, how can we think but that these men died in peace, that were in so good a humour; yet see what followes, verse 36. Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouths, and lied unto him with their tongues.