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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.
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?
Now God hath not only given this great means of his Word and Commandment, but great grace too. Where understand that there is not only final grace, but degrees of grace: else the Apostle would not have said, received not the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ in vain. Consider then how much grace thou hast received in vain. How many motions to good hast thou rejected? Perhaps thy heart is touched at this Sermon, though it is not my tongue, nor the tongue of the most elegant in the world that can touch the heart, but the Spirit that comes along with his word. Now when thou findest with the Word a Spirit to go with it▪ it is a grace. If thy conscience be enlightened, and thy duty revealed to ⟨p. 94⟩