416 \ .- --~--------·--------~------------ not at all; foit is with us, we coozenour fdves in th:u manner, w~ lo!eour Jif~} welofeourop. portunity oftakmg grace, becaufe wethinkeit .tobe fo neere, we thinJ,e we can take it the next weeke, or the t1ext moneth,and out ofthis we are confident it jsin our power, we may , takeit. No, my beloved, for themofi:part we are deceived, when we thinke it is fo neere, it may fly away,fo that thou flult never have part init. You fee how God dealt with men in the firfi: CovenAnt, I meane in the time ofthe 0 Id Tefiament, you'fee when they would not take the offer, howGod fnJttre in his wrath that they · . jhouldnot enterintohi.r refl:& I am fully perf\va-. L .~ . 1 ded,thatin this New Tefi:ament, in thefedayes The ora WJ £G h d · h · k d Botwaitero o race, t eL9r 1s muc more qmc e an long now foe peremptory in rejeding men,and cafi:ing them mefinashcre· off,the timeisihorter, he willnot waitfolong to ore. h d . h r. . I .1 as ewas wont to oe m t c<he times, 1e w1 I fooner fweare in his wrath now, that you .lhall not enter imo hisrefi:: I ifpeake this upon this ground, faith he, if the Lord would doe this forthe Lawofvuo(es,howmuch rnore,ifwee neglei1(ogreat(alvation as wao preached6y the , sonne himfelfe l As the mercy is muchgreater:, now in the NewCovenant, then it was then, fo the wrath and danger is greater in refitfing : . therefore when we confiderwhat a hazardit:is ~;~~id:O ~ethinkes ·the frailty and brittlene!fe_ofthis . pref~~toppor- hfe, the unfearchablenelfe, and uncertamty of tunltlesof Gods feafons and times, that he hath putinto gr3~e. h is ownepower,thelibertyofthe Spirit, that breatheth
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