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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.
Thus having truly and plainly showed our Sinfulness, Wretchedness, and Cursedness by nature, I come unto the second part which I proposed; to wit, Our Remedy, or our Redemption by Christ. 1And God forbid that he should create man the best of his Creature for destruction. What gain and profit is there in our blood? Psalm 30.9. God is full of Grace and Compassion, and he considers that we are but dust. And happy are we that we are but dust. Had we been more glorious Creatures, as Angels, we had not had the benefit of a Saviour. When they rebelled, God considered their metal: And as with an high hand they rebelled, So the Lord reserved them in everlasting chains under darkness unto the Judgement of the great ⟨p. 356⟩day, Jude 3. 1 Thes. 1.10. They fell without a Redeemer; It is well for us that God considereth that we are but dust; For by Jesus Christ he saveth us from the wrath to come. It had been better for us never to have been born, then to be born fire-brands of hell. But now the point is, that we are Brands plucked out of the fire, Zach. 3.2. It is fit therefore we should know who is our Redeemer.
Thus having truly and plainly shewed our Sinfulness, Wretchedness, and Cursedness by nature, I come unto the second part which I proposed; to wit, Our Remedy, or our Redemption by Christ. 1And God forbid that he should create man the best of his Creature for destruction. What gain and profit is there in our blood? Psalm 30.9. God is full of Grace and Compassion, and he considers that we are but dust. And happy are we that we are but dust. Had we been more glorious Creatures, as Angels, we had not had the benefit of a Saviour. When they rebelled, God considered their mettal: And as with an high hand they rebelled, So the Lord reserved them in everlasting chains under darkness unto the Judgement of the great