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We take therefore Day for no more than Time; such a day hath God in his wisdom appointed for the blowing away all this chaff. As we see a covering of thatch doth not ordinarily hold long, but fire or wind ariseth and cosumeth all. Thus the Septuagint sometimes render [Greek or Hebrew], Time: So that the meaning is, Howsoever these errors and false Doctrines may continue, yet time at last will discover the vanity and weakness of them. The Grecian said, [Greek or Hebrew], Time was the Touchstone the trial of all things. And the Latins say, Veritas est temporis filia, Truth is the daughter of Time▪ The day will declare it, that is, time will make them manifest; only the Article [Greek or Hebrew], that Day, doth denote the appointed and set time, which God hath for the taking of all such disguises, whereas it is the clean contrary with truth: The longer that lasts, the more it is believed, the sufficiency and evidence of it, is the more entertained. Now although we thus understand it of time in this world, yet it cannot be denied, but at the Day of Judgement there will be a full discovery of all the works and Doctrines of men. Observe,

We take therefore Day for no more than Time; such a day hath God in his wisdome appointed for the blowing away all this chaff. As we see a covering of thatch doth not ordinarily hold long, but fire or winde ariseth and cosumeth all. Thus the Septuagint sometimes render 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Time: So that the meaning is, Howsoever these errours and false Doctrines may continue, yet time at last will discover the vanity and weaknesse of them. The Grecian said, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Time was the Touchstone the trial of all things. And the Latines say, Veritas est temporis filia, Truth is the daughter of Time▪ The day will declare it, that is, time will make them manifest; onely the Article 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, that Day, doth denote the appointed and set time, which God hath for the taking of all such disguises, whereas it is the clean contrary with truth: The longer that lasts, the more it is believed, the sufficiency and evidence of it, is the more entertained. Now although we thus understand it of time in this world, yet it cannot be denied, but at the Day of Judgement there will be a full discovery of all the works and Doctrines of men. Observe,