An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

I answer; Though the general time which they fulfil may be known, or is known and set down by Writers, yet the precise particular time, the day of the month, or hour of the day, or (which is the thing enquired) when their months come out and are fulfilled, that's a secret. Though it be commonly known, that a woman goes nine months with child, yet who knows, or can a woman her self know exactly to a day, or an hour, when her pains and travel will come upon her? Many women have been under great mistakes in that ca•e, and rarely do any hit the time right, but reckon a day two or three over or under the just account. So then, though the general time is known, yet the exact particular time is not known. I may say in this case, as our Lord Jesus Christ said about the end of the world, Of that day and hour knows no man; we may know the general time, we may know it will not be long before the world shall end. The time which the world shall go with its great birth, is commonly said to be six thousand years; but the day and hour of its travel, and of the consummation of all things according to the decree of God, no man, no nor Angel, knows. Here the Lord questions Job about the exact particular time, which himself keeps, as he doth all special seasons, in his own h nd or power, under his own lock and key, as Christ told his Disciples, (Act. 1.7.) Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? dost thou keep their reckoning?

I answer; Though the general time which they fulfil may be known, or is known and set down by Writers, yet the precile particular time, the day of the month, or hour of the day, or (which is the thing enquired) when their months come out and are fulfilled, that's a secret. Though it be commonly known, that a woman goes nine months with child, yet who knows, or can a woman her self know exactly to a day, or an hour, when her pains and travel will come upon her? Many women have been under great mistakes in that ca•e, and rarely do any hit the time right, but reckon a day two or three over or under the just account. So then, though the general time is known, yet the exact particular time is not known. I may say in this case, as our Lord Jesus Christ said about the end of the world, Of that day and hour knows no man; we may know the general time, we may know it will not be long before the world shall end. The time which the world shall go with its great birth, is commonly said to be six thousand years; but the day and hour of its travel, and of the consummation of all things according to the decree of God, no man, no nor Angel, knows. Here the Lord questions Job about the exact particular time, which himself keeps, as he doth all special seasons, in his own h nd or power, under his own lock and key, as Christ told his Disciples, (