And when he speaks of the last times, he intimates that there is no longer any reason to expect any new revelation; for it was not a word in part that Christ brought, but the final conclusion. It is in this sense that the Apostles take “the last times” and “the last days.” And Paul means the same when he says, “Upon whom the ends of the world are come.” (1 Cor. 10:11.) If God then has spoken now for the last time, it is right to advance thus far; so also when you come to Christ, you ought not to
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