A64642:344
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.
The dignity of a Prince is so great, that ten thousand will not countervail the loss of him. If this be the esteem and worth of David, what is the worth of Davids Prince? If thus with a King▪ what with the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords? This is a great ground of ⟨p. 362⟩the sufficiency of Christs suffering. Heb. 9.13. If the blood of Bulls and Goats sanctify to the purifying of the flesh; how much more, verse 14. shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal Spirit, offered himself to purge your Consciences from dead works to serve the living God? It is not the offering of the body only, but he did it through his eternal Spirit. When the Martyrs and Saints offered themselves a sacrifice, they offered it through the flames of their love, and therefore embraced the stake; and love is described as strong as death: but Christ did not offer his sacrifice with the flames of his love, though love was in him the greatest that ever was, but with the everlasting flames of his God-head and Deity, with that fire from heaven which is a consuming fire? He did the deed that will purge our Consciences from dead works. Act. 20.28. Take heed unto your selves, and to the flock, over which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the Church of G•d which he hath purchased with his precious blood: God hath purchased the Church with his own blood: Who's blood? Gods blood. The blood of God must be shed. He who thought it no robbery to be equal with God, must shed his own blood: As Zippora saith to Moses, A bloody husband hast thou been to me, Exod. 4.25. So may Christ say to his Church, a bloody Spouse hast thou been to me, that my blood must be shed for thee: 1 Cor. 2.8. Had they known, they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory, that is, they would not have crucified God. He that was crucified, was the glorious Lord God. Acts 3.15. You denied the holy one, and killed the Prince of life. Here's the matter, unless the Prince of life had been killed, thou couldst not