Taketbepre. fentoppor• tunity. rences between the oldCove,11ant and the new, the Old Telbment was made with the Iewes onely, it' was fhur up within the compafie o{ that Natio.q, the NewCovehttnt is enlarged to . theGentiles, there is now an open Doore for them to come in,there arenow better promifes, · moreknowledge,a larger infufion oftheSpirit, both for intention, and fortlleextentofir, it is to many more; and Bdoved, were it not tor .·this CQvtnlf.nt, all you that now heare this Covemmt of grace preached unto you, and have heardit often, you had never heard it, but this benefit you have by the New Teframent, that now this good ncwes is cometo your eares Juloved;this Godbringshome to the Gentiles, and they had their feverall times, and this is the feafon that Godhath broughtit home to you, even when you heare rhef<~ promifes of Grace made. And what ufe fhould you make of it ~ Surely this. Take heedeof rcfufing the acceptable time, take heede of not comming in when the Doore ofGraceis open ;takeheede of doing as the foolith Virgins did,they would come, and came, btftthey tarryed till the Doorewa5 £hut upon them: Be!ovr.d, there is a certaine acceptable time, when G 0 D offers G_race, and after that hee offers it no rriore,as wee told you,the time ofthis life is the time that we can propound, we k~owno other; but -there arecertainefC'cret times, that God referves to himfelfe, that noneknowes but himfelfe; and · when
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