having] According to the counsell of his will, whereby he doth dispose of times and seasons, Acts 1:7. provided] Or, foresceu; or, ordained. better] That is, a better condition and far greater priviledges for us under the Gospel, in that he hath now sent his Sonne in the flesh, and made him the Mediator of a better Covenant, Chap. 7. 22. & 8. 6. under which the doctrine of salvation is more manifestly revealed, Colossians 1:16. 2 Timothy 1:9-10. and the gift of the Spirit more plentifully powred out, Acts 2:16. they] Who wer under the law or first Covenant. should not be, &c.] That is, made partakers of that better condition without us or before us. Some understand it of that perfection whereof all the faithfull shall be made partakers, as well in body as in soule, at the resurrection of the just.