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A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…
A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically resolved by sundry ministers
London: printed for Thomas Cockerill, 1676
Sermon 4: Now is the time. OR, Instructions for the present improving the season of Grace. Serm. IV.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The first is the reason of his propounding this exhortation, that is, because, he was a worker together with God.
The second is the reason of their embracing this exhortation, and that is in the 2 verse, For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of Salvation have I succoured thee, as it is in Isa. 49.8.
The second is the reason of their imbracing this exhortation, and that is in the 2 verse, For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of Salvation have I succoured thee, as it is in Isa. 49.8.
3. Thirdly, you have here the accommodation, or the application of this second reason unto the present state of the Corinthians; behold now (saith the Apostle) is the accepted time, now is the day of Salvation, that God of old promised unto Christ. Ye enjoy it, ye live under it; and therefore you must now improve it to the best advantage of your souls. Now we shall go over these three parts in the way of explication, that so we may the more profitably handle that part, which I principally design to insist upon.