A64642:366
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.
I have glorified thy name, and finished the work that thou gavest me to do. Would you know what it is to glorify God in this world? It is to finish the work which he giveth us to do. Art thou a Minister?1 if thou wouldst glorify God, finish the work he gave thee to do; then mayst thou say, Glorify thou me with thy Glory, &c. But now Christs work was not •ll ended ⟨p. 376⟩when he said, he had finished it; the greatest part was behind, to wit, his Passive obedience: All the works of his life were done; of which actions, there Christ is to be understood: but then cometh his Passion, and that being finished, there is something to do yet after that: for he was to rise again to our Justification: but for the oblation of the sacrifice it was fully finished. If we look upon our blessed Saviour in the whole course of his life. For,
I have glorified thy name, and finished the work that thou gavest me to do. Would you know what it is to glorifie God in this world? It is to finish the work which he giveth us to do. Art thou a Minister?1 if thou wouldst glorifie God, finish the work he gave thee to do; then mayst thou say, Glorifie thou me with thy Glory, &c. But now Christs work was not •ll ended ⟨p. 376⟩when he said, he had finished it; the greatest part was behind, to wit, his Passive obedience: All the works of his life were done; of which actions, there Christ is to be understood: but then cometh his Passion, and that being finished, there is something to do yet after that: for he was to rise again to our Justification: but for the oblation of the sacrifice it was fully finished. If we look upon our blessed Saviour in the whole course of his life. For,
- 12. For his active Obedience after his Death.