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Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere
Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere by the most Reverend James Usher ...
London: printed for Nathanael Ranew, 1678
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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.
Now he's described.
1. By the quality of his person.
2. By his company. Even as others. Thou mayst think thy self better then another man, but thou art no better; never a barrel the better herring (as we say:) Even as others, thou art not so alone, but as bad as the worst, not a man more evil in his nature then thou art. When thou goest to Hell, perhaps some difference there may be in your several punishments, according to your several acts of Rebellion: but yet you shall all come short of the Glory of God, And for matter of quickening you are all alike.
2. By his company. Even as others. Thou mayst think thy self better then another man, but thou art no better; never a barrel the better herring (as we say:) Even as others, thou art not so alone, but as bad as the worst, not a man more evil in his nature then thou art. When thou goest to Hell, perhaps some difference there may be in your several punishments, according to your several acts of Rebellion: but yet you shall all come short of the Glory of God, And for matter of quickning you are all alike.