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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.
2. Now for his passive obedience, his suffering. If our Saviour will be a sacrifice, he must be used like one; he must be slain, if he will make satisfaction to his Father for us. He must for our eating sower grapes, have his own teeth set on edge. Consider his humiliation both in life and death; if we look on the service of Jacob, under his Uncle Laban, his service was an hard service, twice se•en years did he serve the drought consumed him by day, and the frost by night, and the sleep departed from his eyes; twenty years hard service; fourteen y•ars for his two wives, and six years for his cattle, G•n. 31.41. Our Saviour spent thirty three years in •is hard service; and full oft did the sleep depart from his eyes. When Israel came to appear before P•a•ao•; My days, s•ith he, have been 130 years: few and evil have the days of thy servant been. The true Israelite might say more. Jacobs days were few, but as few as they were, they were 130 years; but if we look upon our Saviours days, they were scarce a quarter so many.
2. Now for his passive obedience, his suffering. If our Saviour will be a sacrifice, he must be used like one; he must be slain, if he will make satisfaction to his Father for us. He must for our eating sower grapes, have his own teeth set on edge. Consider his humiliation both in life and death; if we look on the service of Jacob, under his Uncle Lakan, his service was an hard service, twice se•en years did he serve the drought consumed him by day, and the frost by night, and the sleep depar•ed from his eyes; twenty years hard service; fo•rteen y•ars for his two wives, and six years for his cattle, G•n. 31.41. Our Saviour spent thirty three years in •is hard s•rvice; and full oft did the sleep depart from his eyes. When Israel came to appear before Paao; My dayes, sith he, have been 130 years: few and eil have the days of thy servant been. The true Israelite might say more. Jacobs days were few, but as few as they were, they were 130 years; but if we look upon our Saviours dayes, they were scarce a quarter so many.