Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 17:30

30 And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent:

To prevent an Objection, lest any should think that they might continue in their unbelief, and fare as well as their Progenitors,

God is said to have overlooked them; as if he had counted them unworthy of his Care and Providence: And therefore he did not correct or instruct them. When any are left to go on in their sin, without God's instruction or correction, it is a sad sign that God scorns to look upon them, or to use any means to recover them.

Under the Gospel we are so far from having liberty to do what we list, that we are more nearly concerned to repent and become Holy, Rom. 13.11. Titus 2.11, 12. 1 Pet. 1.14, 15. and that all men, every where, without exception of time or place, are under this command of Repentance; and cursed indeed will he be that does not observe it.

Marginal references: Chap. 14.16.; L[illegible: 1 letter]ke 24.47.