A64642:225
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.
4. Consider Gods great goodness towards thee.
4. Consider Gods great goodnesse towards thee.
1. First, his goodness in himself. There's nothing but goodness, infinite goodness in him, and canst thou find in thy heart to sin against so good a God? To offend and wrong a good dispositioned person, one of a sweet nature and affection, it aggravates the fault, 'tis pity to wrong or hurt such a one as injures no body. Now such a one is God, a good good, infinite in goodness, rich in mercy, very goodness it self; and therefore it must needs aggravate the foulness of sin to sin against him: But now he is not only thus in himself, but
1. First, his goodnesse in himself. There's nothing but goodnesse, infinite goodnesse in him, and canst thou find in thy heart to sin against so good a God? To offend and wrong a good disposition'd person, one of a sweet nature and affection, it aggravates the fault, 'tis pity to wrong or hurt such a one as injures no body. Now such a one is God, a good good, infinite in goodness, rich in mercy, very goodnesse it self; and therefore it must needs aggravate the foulnesse of sin to sin against him: But now he is not onely thus in himself, but
2. Secondly, He's good to thee, Rom. 2. Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance? &c. What hast thou that thou hast not received from his bountiful hand? Consider of this, and let this be a means to draw thee off from thy sinfulness. When David had greatly sinned against God, and when God bring• his murder home to him, he pleads thus with him: When thou wert nothing in thine own eyes, I brought thee (saith