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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.
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.
1. First then concerning their quality: And this is declared
1. By their general disposition, they are dead in trespasses and sins. Dead, and therefore unable and indisposed to the works of a spiritual living man: Besides, not only indisposed and unable thereto, but dead in trespasses and sins. He lies rotting in his own filth, like a rotten carcass, and stinking carrion in the nostrils of the Almighty, so loathsome is he: all which is drawn from original sin. Not only dis-enabled to any good, but prone to all sin and iniquity.