A64642:406
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.
Unless thou hast Christ thou hast nothing by Promise, not so much as a bit of bread by Promise; if thou hast it, it is by Providence. All the Promises of God are in him, that is, Christ, yea, and Amen: Ye are the Children of the Promise in Christ, but you have nothing till you be in Christ.
The Question is, What must I do in this case, what encouragement shall I have in my rags? when I am abominable, worth nothing.
The Question is, What must I do in this case, what incouragement shall I have in my rags? when I am abominable, worth nothing.
There are certain things that are preparations to a Promise, such as are Commands, Precepts, Entreaties, which encourage them to it, and then comes a proposition: I being a Believer shall have eternal life; If Christ be mine, I may challenge forgiveness of sins, ⟨p. 402⟩the favour of God, and everlasting life: But how is Faith wrought? believe not that foolish conceit that is too common in the world, that faith is only, a strong persuasion that God is my God, and my sins are forgiven: this is a foolish thing, a fancy; a dream, unless it be grounded on the Word of God. Its but a dream, else that will lead thee unto a fools Paradise: Nothing can uphold faith but the Word of God: here's the point, I being as bad as bad can be, what ground have I out of the word of God, of an Unbeliever to be made a Believer? Now we must not take every Text, but such only as may be appliable to a dead man, one that hath no goodness in him, that is yet out of Christ: we were all swimming at liberty till this word catched us in: we never thought of the business before, till we were thus taken. Now there are certain degrees to get faith in us.