.Anfw. cz·he Churches A{fttrriage.· \ - I~ is indeed the v~ryotfer it felfe, the very oP.-oi". tumty that God gtves to thee, the very. ~imeof thetenderofChnfi, to thy fmile. Now this is onely knowne of the Lord himfelfe, what that difiance of time is between the firft ,of:fer and the !aft that ever hewill make''to thee; and after this time this pardon is @Ut of date to thee , though not to1tnother, it is too late for thee to come in.f · You~ill fay, what ground is there tfor this 1 that there ,js,- fuch another time, that is onely knowne t'O the Lord? · My beloved, it is .a point _worth the confide.. ring , therefore you fuaU fee a grottmdfor it, z Cer. 6. z. when the Apoll:le had exhorted them thera: ~no~ to take the Grace ,ofGod invaine, faithhe, thuiuheaccepted time, thu iJ the d4.y offolvation, implying, that all time is n?t.the~ccepted time, for then there needed no dtfimchon; but when he faith, thif il the accepted time, there is a fecret intimation, that when falvation is offering for ought tkou knowefi: this is fo , the accepted time, as that when that is paft, there is no more oppor~unity. So in Ht6r. 3. when it if called today, th~t is , when the offer is making> that is the time. Now to give you fome inftances of this, a·s well as we give you grounds from the· word, in Gen.. 4. God faith to Cain, l{i'thou doe well, fhalt .t.hsu n,ot he 4ftepttd t but now after that time Cain was accurfed and a brand fet on hirq, ..the Lord ·gives him Qver, hee_.wa ' ~xcluded from the pre· fenc:e of the to'td for ever ; there was a fecret dme
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