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1602 W. Burton 10 Serm. iv. 47 We are comming: all in good time: the Sermon is not begunne yet.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard vi. 43 The wise old man..thanketh the Ancient of dayes, who in good time will crowne him with the gifts of a better life in his celestiall Palace.

1698 T. Gipps Remarks on Remarks ii. 26 They who would excuse the Jews for Corrupting the Seventy only, and not the Hebrew, in good time will defend the Corrupting the English Version only, and not the Original Greek.

1730 J. Wesley Let. 12 Dec. (1931) I. 67 He will in His good time ‘quell the raging of this sea’.

1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 235 For respects I should in good time acquaint him with.

a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iv. i in Wks. (1821) II. 96 I shall be rich and splenetic, all in good time.

1883 J. Gilmour Among Mongols xvii. 206 Every true-hearted follower shall, in good time, arrive at the desired goal.

1931 A. Christie Sittaford Myst. vi. 51 ‘All in good time,’ said Narracott to himself. ‘Now isn't the moment to rub him up the wrong way.’

1986 E. W. Whittaker Mainland Haole v. 193 No doubt, in good time, other Hawaiis will emerge to join those already created.

2004 J. Winspear Maisie Dobbs (2005) i. 4 Clearly there were some things that needed to be changed, but all in good time.