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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. In respect of our selves; To the end the promise might be sure to the seed; what is the reason why people doubt and think nothing sure? it is because they come not with a naked hand; I must have such a measure of faith, love, such a measure of humiliation, of patience, all to bring somewhat with us; whereas if we look on these things we shall never be heard. If the bare acceptation of Christ with a trembling hand will not make thee sure, what canst thou have more than the bare receiving of a gift by faith? The reason why we are not more sure, is because we come not with a naked hand.
By the way there are many means, some (á priori) others (à posteriori.)
1. For the first; they are those things by which faith is wrought, though they are not so evident, yet they are most sure; when I consider God calls me in ⟨p. 439⟩my blood, having nothing in me, and will be friends with me, bids me take his Son, and I do not, bids me take his Kingdom and glory with him, and I refuse it, though this be a matter not so evident, yet it is most sure.
1. For the first; they are those things by which faith is wrought, though they are not so evident, yet they are most sure; when I consider God calls me in ⟨p. 439⟩my blood, having nothing in me, and will be friends with me, bids me take his Sonne, and I do not, bids me take his Kingdome and glory with him, and I refuse it, though this be a matter not so evident, yet it is most sure.