A64642:407
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 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.
There are certain things that are preparations to a Promise, such as are Commands, Precepts, Intreaties, which incourage 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 conceipt that is too common in the world, that faith is only, a strong perswasion 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.