Chap.x.Sett. T· Looking unt61efns. · Book II. 77 po[r, do I purpofe accordi11g to the fiefh , that with me there 1 Cor· l 17. fo011/d be yea, yet~, a_nd nay na.! ? would l'IOt P_ au! (I f~y) alt~r his p,urpofe? and wt!J.God thmk you alter hts? mc: thtnks thrs word fpeaks to me, as if I heard God fay trom all eternity, it is my purpofe to fove a remnant of mankjnde; though all are loft by Jinne ) ret my wifdom~ hath found out a way to cl~'oofe out Jom6, and though thofe fame, thofe few I have purpofed to fave, ftand in very Jlippery places ,.yet I wilt be the />~me pfterday, . and to day, and for :ver. J forefee indeed marry thoufands of Heb. 13 S . failings and e~:afperattons, to alter the purpofe thnt I have towards my people; I forefee their daily provocations ofmy jHfth·e; I forefee their m.mJ lufls within, and their many enemie.r without; I forefee that grace inherent I will gi".Je them to be as mu• table. in all the proginy M. in their f.uher A da?YJ; and if I leave them in the hands ·of their own counfel,they cannot but dept!lrt dailJ (rom me, even M water, though it. could be made M hot M fire, . yet being left unt~ it /elf, it will quickly reduce, and work,_ it [elf to its own crigina! coldnejfe. againe; I forefee them in their beft condition, at full fea, at their higheft tyde of grace to be M changeable and movable feveral wayes M wherles; to be M perplexed, hindered, and diftraEled in themfelvcs M · croffe wheeles in one another; grace fwaying one way , and flefh t.tnother way, and ·what flability can I think__in. fuch ? why yet (Jaies qod) yet I'purpofe to bring this little flock.. to he11ven; my purpo[e iJ in, and from my f elf, and I am God, and not man; and therefore I cannot repent, nor call in the purpofe which now I have; Numb.IJ JPj· have I [aid, and foal! not I do it? ha'11! I Jfiokfn, and foal! I not mak§ it good? yes! yes, my purpofes muff Hand, and for thispurpo.(e I will (et my SomJe betwixt . my penple and myfel/, fo· that if. t?eyjin~e, _J wil1 look.. on him, an~ by that meanes lwi~'Numb 23 J.!i 1 fee no lmqu:ty. m 'jacob, nor tran[grejfion zn Ifrael; and for thu - ' P.urpo(e. I wtfl ;oyne to the wheeles tbe living creatures, that when · tke ltvtng creatures ge, the wheeles foal! go; and when ·the livmg creatures ft~tnd, they foal/ fland · and whrn the livintT crea- L • p: d fi h h ' h <> Eze.... I ~ l ture! are l_jte ttp rom_~ e eart , .tke w ecles foal/ he lifted up · agamfl them, for ~he Jfmt of the. ltvmg creatu;:es /hall he in the w}:el :r: my meamng _u, thttt my Saints foal! not hnve theirfta- /;!ltty from them[elve.r, for they are likt wheeles, but they jhall. &'!Ve.Jt f:om me , and from my_Sonne, ;mtp whom. by the fame < JHri~. l '
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