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Ephefians,
Giap.
5.
V
E
R.16,
Mat6.34.
DaEi.
EfayfS
7
Now,
firft,
to open the word
:
this word
[time]
is
ufed indiffcrent-
lyao note time
in
common, or molt properly
it is
ufed for
the oppor-
tunirie
:
now here take
it in
the latter
fence
:
But opportunirie
is
gcne-
rall,or particular; the whole
courfe
of
our
lives till
the
it
houre be
paft,
is
an
opportunirie
of
working
through
our Salvation
:
the
parti-
cular
occafions are
fuch as
God
Both offer
to this or that
particular
dude
:
now
both
are
here to be conceived.
2.
What
it
is
to
[redeeme the
time.]
, Anfw.
r.
To
forgoe any
thing, which would hinder
us
from
taking the
opportunitie.-
z.
To
make
it
our owne by
ufing it,
fo
that
we recompenfe
formertinfruitful-
neffe, and lay up
á
good foundation for the time to come;
as
in
buying
a
thing,firft
we pay
the price,then take it into our
pofí'eífion and ufe, to
which
this
redeeming
doth
looke.
3.In
clearing
the
reafon,we
muff
know what
is
meant
by
evil!
wayes.
,ilnfw.
Dayes
are fayd
[evill]
or
[good]
according
to that which
befalleth
in
them,
as
a
good time when matter
of
commoditie or
mer-
riment
is
in
hand,
an evill
time, when the contrary:
Now
the.,oxra
or
[evil!]
of
the
day
(as
Chrift
calleth it)
is
either
general,
or
fpeciall.
Generally,the
fhortneffe and manifold
trouble which doth
accom-
pany
the time
of
our
life
:
Particularly, when
any fpeciall evills
rake
place,
as
this
mutt be underftood, becaufe it
is
fpokcn
with
an
cmi.
nencie
of
thofe times.
Now
it
is
apparent
that the
evill flood
in
thefe three things
:
r. Tares
of
f
lfe
doeìrine, begun
and
ready to
increafe.
z.
In
flagitious
lives,
fuch
as Simons
fchoole was.
3.
In perfecutions, which were readie
to
grow hotter
and
hotter.
The f
imme
then
of
the verle
is
this
:
"
See
that
all
the time
of
"your
life and
all
particular occafions be carefully
laid
hold
of
"
by
you,
to
work out your
fslvation,for the
times
grow
more
"
and
more dangerous and tickle, that there
is
great
reafon to
"
take
time while
it
lafieth.
Two
things ere then here
laid
downe
:
i.
That
all
our time and every particular eccafion mull beta-
ken up
to glorifie
God,
and
worke
out our S.lvatior'.
2.
That
the more eviils
of
all
forts Lefall our times,
the more
diligent
we
mutt
be
to
occupie our
felves well
while the
ocdafion lafteth.
t.
Of the former:
the Scripture
cloth
atke
us
to bee
carefull
that
our
whole time
(one day
as
well
as
another,
yea every home,
of
the
day)
be
redeemed
as
theApofilehere exhorretb, Het.
3.
r
3.
Luke
r.
74, 75.
I
Pet.I.17.
I
Pet.
4.2. Alt.
24. 16. Aft.
a6.
7. So
likcwife
the
Lord doth charge
us
to
take
the
occafion
:
Seeks
him
while
he may
it
found. While
you
have
opportunity
to
give
aimes,
give
them,
Gal
at. 6.
While
it`
is
called
to
dày,
Heb.
3. While
the light
is
with
you,
loh.
r
2.45.
Prayin all opportunity;
for
fo
time
is
there to
be taken
:
and thus
C!uüi
redeemed
theopportunitie,hh.
4.
he
(though
wearie) was not
carefull
of