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The unbelievers preparing for Christ. By T.HThe vnbeleevers preparing for Christ. By T.H
The unbelievers preparing for Christ. By T.H.The vnbeleevers preparing for Christ. By T.H.
London: printed by Tho Cotes for Andrew Crooke, 1638
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MATTH. 20.3, 4, 5, 6. And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place, and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you, and they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth hour & ninth hour, and did likewise; and about the eleventh hour he went out and saw others standing idle? and saith unto them; Why stand you here all the day idle? They said unto him, because no man hath hired us, he saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive.
MATTH. 20.3, 4, 5, 6. And he went out about the third houre and saw others standing idle in the market place, and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you, and they went their way. Again he went out about the sixt houre & ninth houre, and did likewise; and about the eleventh houre hee went out and saw others standing idle? and saith unto them; Why stand you here all the day idle? They said unto him, because no man hath hired us, he saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive.
We have heard heretofore that all men being dead in sins and trespasses are so far from working out their own salvation from themselves, as that they are not able to receive grace and mercy offered unto them from the Lord, for the comforting of their hearts here, and obtaining of happiness hereafter, and therefore the last general circumstance ⟨p. 189⟩of preparation we did handle, was this, That howsoever a natural man is not able to understand the things of the Lord, yet the Lord will make all those which belong unto him able to receive the Lord Jesus, and then he will bestow the Lord Jesus and grace and salvation upon them. Now concerning this point, there are two circumstances of special consideration. The first is the circumstance of time in regard of the means, and that we have already handled out of