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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

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hildersams_n book_n on_o john_n 4._o 4._o see_v capt._n bell._n narat_n before_o luth._o mensal_n colloq_fw-la colloq_fw-la libre_fw-la ille_fw-la ●onvivalium_fw-la sermonum_fw-la non_fw-la est_fw-la lutheri_fw-la nec_fw-la luthero_n approbante_fw-la aut_fw-la etiam_fw-la vivente_fw-la editus_fw-la sed_fw-la est_fw-la rapsodia_fw-la sine_fw-la judicio_fw-la &_o intellectu_fw-la consarcinata_fw-la polan_n syntag_n de_fw-fr canonic_a authorit_fw-fr script_n page_n fol._n 45._o 45._o heb_n 11.4_o 11.4_o bp._n andrews_n serm_n 7._o of_o rep._n and_o fast._n fast._n john_n 3.10.19_o obs._n obs._n obs._n obj._n sol._n obj._n sol._n 1._o order_n of_o outward_a thing_n 2._o the_o nature_n of_o sin_n sin_n be_v compare_v to_o cord_n to_o defer_v repentance_n harden_v the_o more_o the_o folly_n of_o those_o that_o defer_v their_o repentance_n till_o death_n obj._n sol._n impediment_n to_o repentance_n on_o our_o deathbed_n trust_v not_o to_o deathbed_n repentance_n it_o will_v be_v hard_a to_o prove_v deathbed_n repentance_n to_o be_v ound_v gen._n 6.3_o what_o use_v to_o make_v of_o election_n and_o reprobation_n it_o be_v our_o wisdom_n to_o arm_v against_o satan_n fallacy_n and_o hearken_v to_o god_n in_o his_o accept_a time_n 1_o glass_n self-love_n 2_o glass_n other_o good_a opinion_n 3_o glass_n when_o a_o man_n compare_v himself_o with_o other_o 4_o glass_n partial_a obedience·_n obj._n sol._n another_o false_a glass_n the_o devil_n transform_v himself_o into_o a_o angel_n of_o light_n superficial_a repentance_n will_v not_o change_v the_o nature_n of_o man_n no_o morality_n nor_o external_a change_n of_o life_n will_v do_v without_o quicken_a grace_n and_o a_o new_a life_n wrought_v quest._n ans._n obj._n sol._n doct._n obj._n no_o natural_a man_n do_v judge_v himself_o so_o bad_a as_o he_o be_v the_o best_a work_n of_o a_o natural_a man_n can_v please_v god_n look_v to_o the_o oginal_a of_o duty_n look_v to_o the_o end_n of_o duty_n it_o be_v necessary_a to_o 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