A64642:162
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.
Now he's described,
1. By the quality of his person.
2. By his company. Even as others. Thou mayst think thy self better then another man, but thou art no better; never a barrel the better herring (as we say:) Even as others, thou art not so alone, but as bad as the worst, not a man more ⟨p. 60⟩evil in his nature then thou art. When thou goest to hell, perhaps some difference there may be in your several punishments, according to your several acts of rebellion: but yet you shall all come short of the glory of God, And for matter of quickening you are all alike.
2. By his company. Even as others. Thou mayst think thy self better then another man, but thou art no better; never a barrel the better herring (as we say:) Even as others, thou art not so alone, but as bad as the worst, not a man more ⟨p. 60⟩evil in his nature then thou art. When thou goest to hell, perhaps some difference there may be in your several punishments, according to your several acts of rebellion: but yet you shall all come short of the glory of God, And for matter of quickning you are all alike.