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A64642	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.	Ussher, James, 1581-1656.; Gower, Stanley.; Crabb, Joseph, b. 1618 or 19.	1660 (1660)	Wing U173; ESTC R217597	234,164	424

not strike thee with a thunderbolt Sure he gives thee this space not to spend it idly but to another end not to follow our lusts neglecting Gods call but that thou mayst remember thy self and return with all thy heart Remember those words of the Prophet My times are in thy hands Psal. 35. He said not my times are in mine own hands for he knew it was grand presumption Why then should any challenge that to himself that belongs to God as if he were the lord of his own life supposing Gods call unseasonable and that he may think on it better hereafter May not a young man die soon now an old man cannot live long Many strong and lusty m●n are brought to the gr●ve as well as the weak and feeble And why should we suffer Satan to abuse us thus Thy space then is preserved in Gods hand and therefore thou mayst not be Lord and Master of it But admit God grant thee space yet thou mayst not have the grace to do it What was Jezabels case Rev. 3. Though God gave her space yet she repented not What canst thou tell what may then become of thee perchance thou mayst live long yet mayst thou never find as much as thy thoughts on repentance much less the grace to do it thou mayst not have a desire that way much lesse perform it Repentance is not a thing at our own command In meeknesse saith the Apostle instruct them that oppose themselves if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledgment of the truth 2 Tim. 2.25 If God will give it them It 's a thing then it should seem in Gods hand it 's his proper gift Mark the Apostle would have Gods Ministers to be humble and meek but how many are of other spirits If anothers opinion be contrary to theirs they are in a heat presently as if a man were master of himself and of his own heart to believe what he would No no Repentance is a grace out of our reach it 's not in a mans own power Be meek therefore in instructing What needs passion that helps not the matter The opening of the eies of the blind is in Gods hands thank him for what thou seest and know that 't is his gift Acts 5.31 The Apostle speaking of our Saviour Christ saith Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins The grace of repentance then is no herb growing in our own garden it 's a gift of Gods bestowing And to this purpose is Acts 11.18 When they heard these things they held their peace and glorified God saying then hath God also to the Gentils granted repentance unto life As God grants life so repentance unto life I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus saith the Lord Thou hast chastised me and I am chastised as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke turn thou me and I shall be turned Jer. 31.18 And to the same purpose Lam. 5.21 Turn thou us unto thee O Lord and we shall be turned As if Zion should have said we are no more able to turn our selves then a dead man After that saith Ephraim I was turned I repented and after I was instructed I smote upon my thigh I was ashamed yea even confounded See then what an high presumption it is for a man to presume he hath this grace of God at command But as it is high presumption so 2. It 's the highest contempt and despising of the grace of God Rom. 2.4 Despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering Thus is it here God gives thee space thou hast it but imployest it not in what God gave it thee for Thou deferrest the main businesse and the Apostle accounts it no better then despising the proffers of Gods grace and goodnesse Dost thou think God will take this at thy hands wilt thou despise him and think he 'l not despise thee With the froward he will shew himself froward God will come on a suddain if thou makest not use of thine opportunity and take all away from thee The threatning is plainly laid down Rev. 3.3 If thou shalt not watch I will come on thee as a thief and thou shalt not know what hour I will come on thee It 's spoken to us all and therefore concernes us all Whoever hath an ear to hear let him hear They are Gods words I have spoken to you this day and you shall be accountable for them let not the Devil steal this from you hold it fast this is your day If thou shalt not watch I le come on thee suddenly as a thief It 's the heaviest judgment can come on unconverted persons irregenerate soules not to awake till God comes on them never to bestir themselves till hell rouze them up Thus will it be with us unlesse we awake by repentance God will come stealing on us as a thief by suddain death and speedily cut us off To pray against suddain death and not to fit thy self for it is to add contempt to thy presumption and rebellion The wise man tells us That man knoweth not his time as the fishes that are taken in an evil net and as the birds that are caught in the snare so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when it falleth suddenly upon them Eccles. 9.12 Mark when it falls suddenly at unawares here 's thy wisdom then to provide that thou mayst not be taken suddenly If the good man of the house knew at what time the thief would come he would have watched and not have suffered his house to have been broken up And therefore Christ counsels us to watch since we know not the day nor hour when the Son of man cometh Here 's the difference then between wisedom and folly Hereby may we know whether we are wise men or fools if we foresee this day and provide for it it 's an argument of wisedome if we watch so as that when it falls it may not fall on a sudden on us If we are negligent of this day and suffer our hearts to be dead as Nabals like a stone 1 Sam. 25. He had a great time of repentance ten daies yet repented not for his heart was dead and like a stone and this may be thy case if thou despisest the day of thy salvation Gods day and thine own day too thou mayst be a Nabal no more moved then a pillar in the Church as I have found by experience But you may reply I suppose God will not take me at an advantage I trust I shall have life and space and not Nabals condition I hope I shall have my wits about me to be able to cry Lord have mercy upon me But suppose God give thee a tender heart and thou are sensible of thy danger that so thou call and cry earnestly to God for mercy yet this is a miserable condition Thou shalt find it will not be

will not be in good liking that eats but once a year but a man must eat once a day at least A Christian should feed on Christ every day make him his ordinary food renewing every day the acts of his faith receive Christ crucified by faith every day If a Christian would consider that God offers Christ unto him every day and thou renewest thy faith and claspest him every day it would be a special way whereby joy should be raised in the soul. It s said in Rom. 15.13 We rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing that ye may abound in hope through the power of the Holy Ghost Thus when thou hast exercised the acts of faith in believing and then upon that rejoycest then its seasonable and true joy and not the counterfeit joy of the wicked when it arises and springs from believing when that procureth it it likewise distinguishes it from all false joys The Apostle tells us Phil. 1.24 Having this confidence I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith It is called the joy of faith because it springs from that principle of rejoycing from the mother grace that your rejoycing may be the more abundant 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 fulfill 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 Rejoyce in the Lord O ye righteous for praise is comely for the upright Upon this hangs all our comfort praise alwayes brings rejoycing the one begets the other In Isaiah The comfort there that Gods children receive is the changing of rayment Christ preaching the acceptable year of the Lord to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion to give to them beauty for ashes the oyle 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 oyle of joy Christ was anointed with this oyle above his fellows Christ hath fulnesse of joy this oyle doth not come on his Priesthood alone but it trickles down unto the lowermost hemme of his garment I will adde in the last place when a man considers the great things which are given to him by God and what an estate we get by Christ. I have forgivenesse of sins and blessed is the man whose sinnes are forgiven Christs blood is wine and my name is written in the book of life Do not rejoyce saith our Saviour because the Divels are subject unto you but because your names are written in the book of life When I consider that I am not in the black Roll and it is my faith which strengthens me which makes me reckon Christ my chiefest wealth this makes me rejoyce in mine inheritance and in hope of the glory of God When I consider the great reward in the world to come this is a great cause of rejoycing and therefore Gods children long for the coming of Christ it is made Tit. 2.13 a mark of those that shall be saved That they long for the appearance of Jesus Christ looking for and hastning unto the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ. And in 2 Pet. 3.12 Looking for and hastning unto the coming of the day of God A longing expectation not only they but we also that have the first fruits of the Spirit groan and long for the coming of it and therefore the last breath of the Scripture is breathed in this Rev. 22.20 He that testifyeth these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen even so be it come Lord Jesus there is a sweet Allegory to expresse this in Cant. ult 14. make haste my beloved and be like the Hinde and like the Roe Come Lord Jesus come quickly and come as the Hinde and as the Roe and as a Hart upon the Mountaine of spices Make hast and come quickly be swift and do not tarry and in a better place I cannot end FINIS A TABLE An Advertisement That the Printers mis-paging may be no hindrance to the use of this Table the Reader is to take notice that it refers to the pages as they are figured not as they should be and that whereas after page 431. the numbers take their rise back at 361. and from thence are repeated over again this Asterisk * placed before any figure notes the latter order of pages so figured A ACceptation and Affiance two acts of Faith page 424 Active Obedience See Obedience Aggravations of sin p. 90 A temporary Believer desires Christ only in Affliction p. * 388 389 Assurance no part of justifying faith p. 428. It is attainable p. * 457 Why so many Christians want it p. * 438 B. Baptism what it obliges to p. 54. It hath not its full effect till the day of our death ibid. To believe is a hard matter p. 53.426 To believe is our duty p. 408 Five words or Scripture-wayes that God uses to perswade sinners to Believe in Christ viz. General Proclamation p. 402. Special invitations p. 405. Entreaties p. 406. Commands p. 408. Threatnings p. 409 To Believe is to come to Christ p. * 350 It is exprest by Hungring and Thirsting p. * 372 A Believers case like the Beggars p. * 376 A true Believer distinguished from a Temporary 1. by the ground of his desires p. * 388. 2. by his desiring Grace as well as Mercy p. * 394 3. by his Love to God p. * 395 A Believers priviledge p. * 456 C. GOd Calls sinners to Christ by five words p. 402 Christ's equality with God p. 360. It renders his Humiliation the greater and more meritorious p. 361 Christ's Humiliation the extent degrees and particulars of it p. 363 371 372. Part of his Humiliation to be Gods Servant p. 365. He was a Serant on earth in respect of men p. 367. used and valued at the rate of a bond-man p 368 Christ's sufferings the more meritorious because voluntary p. 374. Christ's Active Obedience in the course of his life p. 375. his Humiliation and sufferings from his Conception to his death described p. 379. c. Christ's death described