Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

First, I commend unto the Reader a diligent perusal of the life and death of the most Reverend and Learned Father of our Church, Dr. James Usher, late Arch-Bishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland; put forth by Reverend and Learned Dr. Bernard: where you shall meet with many delightful passages concerning, His Stock and Pedigree. His Great Parts, Gifts and Graces. His Ingenuous Education. His Admirable Proficiency. His Timely Conversion. His Rare Learning. His Indefatigable Industry. His Strict and holy Conversation. His Pious Government of his Family. His Amicable correspondence with Foreign Churches. His Prophetic Spirit. His Learned Writings. His Comfortable Visitation. His ¹Dying Words, never to be buried. His Blessed Death. His Ever to be lamented Loss. His Fit Parallel to Samuel among the Prophets, to Augustine amongst the Fathers. With many other things worthy Observation: and when he hath powdered these well, he will the less wonder that his name hath filled the Christian world as much as ever did Augustine or Athanasius of old, or Whitakers and Reynolds of later times.

First, I commend unto the Reader a diligent perusal of the life and death of the most Reverend and Learned Father of our Church, Dr. James Vsher, late Arch-Bishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland; put forth by Reverend and Learned Dr. Bernard: where you shall meet with many delightful passages concerning, His Stock and Pedigree. His Great Parts, Gifts and Graces. His Ingenuous Education. His Admirable Proficiency. His Timely Conversion. His Rare Learning. His Indefaticable Industry. His Strict and holy Conversation. His Pious Government of his Family. His Amicable correspondence with Forreign Churches. His Prophetick Spirit. His Learned Writings. His Comfortable Visitation. His ¹Dying Words, never to be buryed. His Blessed Death. His Ever to be lamented Loss. His Fit Parallel to Samuel among the Prophets, to Augustine amongst the Fathers. With many other things worthy Observation: and when he hath poudered these well, he will the less wonder that his name hath filled the Christian world as much as ever did Augustine or Athanasius of old, or Whitakers and Reynolds of later times.

1. 1Lord in special forgive my sins of commission, see Dr. Ber. Life and death of the Arch-Bp. of Armagh, p. 110.