A64642:436
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.
Buy the field, and the treasure is thine: but thou hast nothing to do with the treasure, till thou gettest the field. This is preferment enough, to have the Lords Promise to Abraham, I am thy exceeding great reward: I am my well-beloveds, and my well-beloved is mine. There is a ⟨p. 421⟩spiritual match betwixt Christ and thee: there are many who are matched with Christ, and yet know not how rich they are: when a man reckons of what he shall get by Christ only, when all his thoughts are on that, he marrieth the portion, and not the man: thou must set thy love on Christs person, and then having him, all that he hath is thine: how rich Christ is, so rich art thou: he must first be thine. He that hath the Son hath life, but the Son must first be had. Is there any now in this congregation who is so hard-hearted, as to refuse such a gift as this? When God shall give thee his Son, if thou wilt take him, is there any so profane, as with Esau to sell his birth, &c. to pursue the poor peddling things of this life, and refuse salvation, so high a gift? A gift which is not given to Angels, they think it an honour to wait at the Lords Table: they have not this precious food given to them; they never taste it; and therefore many Christians on serious consideration would not change their estate for the estate of Angels. Why? because hereby Christ is my husband, I am wedded to him, he is bone of my bone, and flesh of my flesh, which the Angels are not capable of. Our nature is advanced above the Angelical nature: for we shall sit and judge the world with Christ, judge the twelve Tribes of Israel: And what an high preferment is this? Nay, observe this, and take it for a Rule. Never beg of God pardon for thy sins, till thou hast done this one thing, namely, accepted of Christ from Gods hands. For thou never canst confidently ask any thing till thou hast him: For all the Promises of God are in him, yea, and Amen. This may serve for the Object of faith: ⟨p. 422⟩to show that the primary Object, is Christ crucified, and God by him. We come now to declare;
Buy the field, and the treasure is thine: but thou hast nothing to do with the treasure, till thou gettest the field. This is preferment enough, to have the Lords Promise to Abraham, I am thy exceeding great reward: I am my wel-beloveds, and my wel-beloved is mine. There is a ⟨p. 421⟩