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Seventhly, Herein doth Christianity teach us true wisdom, because thereby we are enabled to improve the seasons and opportunities of grace. It's accounted a great piece of worldly wisdom, to know the fit seasons of buying and selling. Now Paul directs us in heavenly things, Walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, Ephes. 5.15, 16. What is a circumspect wise thing? Even to redeem the time; we have spent much of our strength, of our time in the service of sin, we have lost many an happy hour and opportunity; Oh then this is wisdom, to redeem it, for the future to be more active, and that, because the days are evil! There are many hinderances and oppositions to what is good. The Ant, though a little creature, is commended for natural wisdom, That it layeth up in Summer; it knoweth the seasons to hoard up its corn: And this will be our heavenly wisdom, to take the day of grace before the night come, wherein none can work, John 9.4. Our Saviour himself used this Argument, to show, why he would not let slip that occasion of doing good on the Sabbath day.

Seventhly, Herein doth Christianity teach us true wisdome, because thereby we are inabled to improve the seasons and opportunities of grace. It's accounted a great peece of worldly wisdome, to know the fit seasons of buying and selling. Now Paul directs us in heavenly things, Walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time, Ephes. 5.15, 16. What is a circumspect wise thing? Even to redeem the time; we have spent much of our strength, of our time in the service of sinne, we have lost many an happy hour and opportunity; Oh then this is wisdome, to redeem it, for the future to be more active, and that, because the dayes are evil! There are many hinderances and oppositions to what is good. The Ant, though a little creature, is commended for natural wisdome, That it layeth up in Summer; it knoweth the seasons to hoord up its corn: And this will be our heavenly wisdome, to take the day of grace before the night come, wherein none can work, John 9.4. Our Saviour himself used this Argument, to shew, why he would not let slip that occasion of doing good on the Sabbath day.