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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.
The preaching of the Word whereby faith is wrought, brings abundance of joy; That place of St. Peter is remarkable, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen, ye love, in whom though now you see him not, yet believing ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory; yet believing, that is, yet exercising the acts of faith, which we too much neglect. If we did exercise these acts every day, we should have our Charter of joy renewed every day; yet believing, ye rejoice.
The preaching of the Word whereby faith is wrought, brings abundance of joy; That place of St. Peter is remarkable, 1 Pet. 1.8. Whom having not seen, ye love, in whom though now you see him not, yet believing ye rejoyce with joy unspeakable and full of glory; yet believing, that is, yet exercising the acts of faith, which we too much neglect. If we did exercise these acts every day, we should have our Charter of joy renewed every day; yet believing, ye rejoyce.
3. Pray and be thankful; praise and thanksgiving are those fruits which fulfil all our joy; when thou prayest, thou conversest with God, thou speakest with him face to face, as Moses did. He who can pray spiritually, and pray hard unto God, as Moses face shined when he talked with God, so will thy soul thrive, praying hard, and being thankful; there is no greater means then this to get this joy, Psal. 37.1. Rejoice in the Lord O ye righteous, for praise is comely for the upright. Upon this hangs all our comfort; praise always brings rejoicing; the one begets the other. In Isaiah, The comfort there that Gods children receive, is the changing of raiment; Christ preaching the acceptable year of the Lord to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. The ground of praise is joy; one follows the other: Observe, God will give us the oil of joy; Christ was anointed with this oil above his fellows; Christ hath fullness of joy; this oil doth not come on his Priesthood alone, but it trickles down unto the lowermost hem of his garment.