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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.
3. Add what strong helps and means God hath given thee to keep thee from sin. As, I say, thou shouldst consider the baseness of the delinquent, the glory of the offended, the mean motives ⟨p. 93⟩which cause so base a creature to do so vile an act; so also consider the great means God hath given thee to keep thee from sin.
3. Adde what strong helps and meanes God hath given thee to keep thee from sin. As, I say, thou shouldst consider the basenesse of the delinquent, the glory of the offended, the mean motives ⟨p. 93⟩which cause so base a creature to do so vile an act; so also consider the great means God hath given thee to keep thee from sin.
He hath given thee his Word, and this will greatly aggravate thy sins, to sin against his word, Gen. 3.11. When God convinces Adam, he proceeds thus with him: Hast thou (saith he) eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? What, hast thou done it, as if thou wouldst do it on purpose to cross God? God hath given thee an express command to the contrary, and yet hast thou done this? Hast thou so often heard the Law, and prayed, Lord have mercy on me, and incline my heart to keep this law, and yet wilt thou lye, swear, commit adultery, and deal falsely, and that contrary to the command of God, obstinately disobey him?
He hath given thee his Word, and this will greatly aggravate thy sins, to sin against his word, Gen. 3.11. When God convinces Adam, he proceeds thus with him: Hast thou (saith he) eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat? What, hast thou done it, as if thou wouldst do it on purpose to cross God? God hath given thee an express command to the contrary, and yet hast thou done this? Hast thou so often heard the Law, and pray'd, Lord have mercy on me, and incline my heart to keep this law, and yet wilt thou lye, swear, commit adultery, and deal falsly, and that contrary to the command of God, obstinately disobey him?