A64642:210
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.
You see then the method of the Scripture is first to conclude all under sin, and so to fit men for the promise of Jesus Christ. Know therefore that the law is the high-way to the Gospel, the path that leads to it, that way which must be trodden in: we are still out of our way, till we have begun our walks in this path: And if thou art not terrified by the Law, and the sight of thy sins, been at thy wits end as it were, weary of thy condition and bondage, thou art not in the way yet. Our sowing must be in tears. And it is said, that in the Church Triumphant all tears shall be wiped away from our eyes. That's a promise: But is it possible that tears should be wiped from our eyes before we shed them? Shall we look to go to heaven in a way that was never yet found out? Shall it be accounted a point of preciseness to walk in this way, or a soul-torturing doctrine to preach it? This is the way that all our Forefathers have both preached and gone. This is that time of sowing spoken of in Psal. 126.5, 6. They that sow in tears, shall reap in joy. It brings us joy in the end, to begin our sowing in tears. It waters that precious seed, and makes it bring forth joy unto us in abundance, yea such as no man can take from us.
You see then the method of the Scripture is first to conclude all under sin, and so to fit men for the promise of Jesus Christ. Know therefore that the law is the high-way to the Gospel, the path that leads to it, that way which must be trodden in: we are still out of our way, till we have begun our walks in this path: And if thou art not terrified by the Law, and the sight of thy sins, been at thy wits end as it were, weary of thy condition and bondage, thou art not in the way yet. Our sowing must be in tears. And it is said, that in the Church Triumphant all teares shall be wiped away from our eyes. That's a promise: But is it possible that teares should be wiped from our eyes before we shed them? Shall we look to goe to heaven in a way that was never yet found out? Shall it be accounted a point of precisenesse to walk in this way, or a soul-torturing doctrine to preach it? This is the way that all our Forefathers have both preached and gone. This is that time of sowing spoken of in Psal. 126.5, 6. They that sow in teares, shall reap in joy. It brings us joy in the end, to begin our sowing in teares. It waters that precious seed, and makes it bring forth joy unto us in abundance, yea such as no man can take from us.