A64642:617
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.
Concerning the first of these I showed you that it is not every faith that justifieth. I shew'• you that there is a dead faith, whereupon the Apostl• saith, The life that I now live, I live by the faith of the Son of God. A dead thing cannot make a living ma•; it must be (and I showed you how) a living faith.
Concerning the first of these I sheved you that it is not every faith that justifieth. I shew'• you that there is a dead faith, whereupon the Apostl• saith, The life that I now live, I live by the faith of the Sonne of God. A dead thing cannot make a living ma•; it must be (and I shew'd you how) a living faith.
Again, I showed that beside the tr•e faith, there was a temporary faith, which is active […], and comes near the other. It had the operations of the Spirit, but it wanted root. It had supernatural works, but it wanted the new creature. There w•• a conception that was but an abortive kind of birth; it came not to maturity, not to a full growth, it did not continue. And I showed unto you how a man might discern one of these from the other; for herein lye• the wisdom of a Christian, not to content himself […] be deceived ⟨p. 427⟩with flashes; therefore the Apostle exhorts us to prove and try, and examine our selves; it's an easy matter to be deceived, and therefore Gods people should be careful to examine themselves, to have their senses exercised herein, that however others may slight and slubber over the matter, they must and will be careful in it; and then they will not only do it themselves, but they will crave the aid of God also: Prove me O my God, &c. try me, &c.