A64642:35
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 last thing which I shall propose to the Reader, is The Crown God set upon the head of this Humble Saint, both in the Conversion and Edification of very many. Indeed *his bow seldom turned back, nor his sword returned empty. God was mighty in him, which way soever he bent himself, either in Conviction, Conversion, or Consolation, wherein he had *the Tongue of the Learned given unto him; Witness the many Souls who were, and are his* Epistle known and read of all Men; Witness again the success God gave to divers of his Encounters with Adversaries to the true Religion: some instances whereof the Learned Doctor that writes his Life hath given, to which many more might be added. Witness also such as were his frequent hearers, how mightily the hand of God was with him, so that *a great number believed and turned unto the Lord. If *they that turn many to righteousness shall shine as stars for ever and ever, then this famous Evangelist is a star of the greatest Magnitude, and will be able in the strength of Christ to say after him, *Behold I and the Children which God hath given me.
The last thing which I shall propose to the Reader, is The Crown God set upon the head of this Humble Saint, both in the Conversion and Edification of very many. Indeed *his bow seldome turned back, nor his sword returned empty. God was mighty in him, which way soever he bent himself, either in Conviction, Conversion, or Consolation, wherein he had *the Tongue of the Learned given unto him; Witnesse the many Souls who were, and are his*