Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

Obj. But what needs such haste, I may do it hereafter,¹ when I come to my journeys end?

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Sol. There needs haste. The day is limited. A thousand to one,¹ if God be angry, but we perish from the way. I have heard thee in an accepted time, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee, behold now is the day of salvation, 2 Cor. 6.2. It's a day of salvation, and would not we be glad to know this time? Behold this is the accepted time. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call on him, while he is near. This is the accepted time, this is the day of salvation, Esa. 49.8. Embrace this time, for now he may be found; this instant is the time, the [Greek or Hebrew], the present now. God at this time stirs the Waters, if now thou wilt step in and close with God, casting down thy weapons, then this will be the day of thy salvation; this is called, as Gods day, so our day: O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, if thou hadst known in this thy day, the things that belong unto thy peace, but now they are hidden from thine eyes, Luke 19.42. Mark, If thou hadst known in this thy day: So that if we pass by in this acceptable time those things which belong to our peace, they will be hidden from our eyes. Therefore should the enemies of Jerusalem lay her even with the ground, because she had neglected this opportunity, the day of Gods visitation. Wilt thou be so hard-hearted, as to put from thee Gods grace? If thou findest now that Satan hides this from thee, and persuades thee to do it to morrow, and to take a day of thine own, neglecting Gods day, Know and remember that he is a liar from the beginning.