Now to give you some instances of this, as well as we give you grounds from the Word, in 1Gen. 4. God saith to Cain, If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? but now after that time Cain was accursed and a brand set on him, the Lord gives him over, he was excluded from the presence of the Lord for ever; there was a secret ⟨p. 49⟩time after, which the Lord made the offer no more. That was the case of Saul, there was a 2time, I say, Gods time, with Saul, was the time between the first offer and the last, when he bid Samuel pray no more for him, and he told Samuel resolutely and peremptorily, I have rejected him, and now there was no more hope. And this was the case of the Jews, when he bade Jeremiah not to pray for them, saith he, I have resolved to destroy 3them, the time now is past. And this was the case of Jerusalem, If thou haddest known the things that belong to thy peace, in that thy day! if you ask what that day was? I say you shall find the very period of it, Acts 13. 40. you 4shall see there, when the offer was made fully (that was the Lords great mercy to them, he doth not give over a man, till he have made the clearly and fully) in Ver. It was necessary we should speak the word first to you; but since you put it from you, and judge your selves unworthy of eternal life, we turn to the Gentiles; you may see their refusing before. The Jews they were full of envy, and spake against the things that He spake; after this time the Lord made no more offer: this I say, was there case, and it is resembled in the Parable of them that were invited and refused; the inviters were sent forth no more unto them. It was the case of Capernaum, and those Cities to whom the seventy were sent; if they would not receive 5them, they were to shake the dust of their feet against them.
Now to give you some instances of this, as well as we give you grounds from the Word, in 1Gen. 4. God saith to Cain, If thou doe well, shalt thou not be accepted? but now after that time Cain was accursed and a brand set on him, the Lord gives him over, hee was excluded from the presence of the Lord for ever; there was a secret ⟨p. 49⟩time after, which the Lord made the offer no more. That was the case of Saul, there was a 2time, I say, Gods time, with Saul, was the time betweene the first offer and the last, when he bid Samuel pray no more for him, and he told Samuel resolutely and peremptorily, I have rejected him, and now there was no more hope. And this was the case of the Iewes, when he bade Ieremiah not to pray for them, saith he, I have resolved to destroy 3them, the time now is past. And this was the case of Ierusalem, If thou hadest knowne the things that belong to thy peace, in that thy day! if you aske what that day was? I say you shall find the very period of it, Acts 13. 40. you 4shall see there, when the offer was made fully (that was the Lords great mercy to them, hee doth not give over a man, till hee have made the clearly and fully) in Ver. It was necessary we should speake the word first to you; but since you put it from you, and judge your selves unworthy of eternall life, wee turn to the Gentiles; you may see their refusing before. The Iewes they were full of envie, and spake against the things that He spake; after this time the Lord made no more offer: this I say, was there case, and it is resembled in the Parable of them that were invited and refused; the inviters were sent forth no more unto them. It was the case of Capernaum, and those Cities to whom the seaventy were sent; if they would not receive 5them, they were to shake the dust of their feet against them.
- 1Instances of some that lost this time Gen. 4. Cain.Instances of some that lost this time Gen. 4. Caine.
- 2Saul.
- 3The JewsThe Iewes
- 4Act. 13. 40
- 5Capernaum
