NEvv CovENANT. ,whenthattime is pall: over7 he offers it no lmore•. You know, thofe in the WHdernelfe, :they lived ma~y yeares,~fte~, and therefore, it was not tbe nme-of thiS hfe to them, after ·G0 D hadfworne in his _:wrath: therefore, 1' Jay, take heede of deferring; It is an excee– ding dangerous thing; Delay in all things is dangerous, but procrall:ination in taking the , . offer or Grace, is the moft dangerous thing :in the World: we know not what wee doe, when we do,it. I befeech youconfiderit feri. ·eully, jtis thatthatdeceivesa':ll the world,they rhinketo doe it to morrow,to morrow,though . 'they be not come in, yettheywill doe ir, and .do~itfpeedily: Take heede you- be not deceived in this, I will doeit now, and now, <5J-(odrr Si11Jile• . ·dr mDdo,.&c. The Chariot wheeles, when' they runne, the feconq;' rum~es neere the firfr' all the daylong,but~verovertakesit; Asina· Clocke,the fecond minute followesthe firlt;; but it never overtakes it; So it is with ·us, this doing ofit now, and now, and to· morrow, and to morrow, thefe little dill:ances ,deceive us, and.deludeus: we thinkie to-doeitin a thort time,and by reafon of tfie· neereneife and vicinitie ofrhetime, we thinke we fhalldoe iteali~ ly, that we can take hold ofthat time·; butit is not fo, we are deceived and-deluded with it, as Gralfe-hoppers and Butter-flies ·deceive Chil·' Simite. dren, when theythinketolaytheirhand ·upon , them,.they hoppe ·a little further; and a little ~· · f-unher,thatinthe condufion, they take them ~ n~ : /
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