di Chain of Principles. 325 Fifthly , .,q [landing favour. The fa- Exerc. z. yours of men may be íuddenly chan- ged into frowns ; as thofe of King A- ha1buerus towards Liamon were : who t he over night in the Kings ei fteeln ? ..next day he will not endure the fight of him. But God's are im- mutable. All the blefsings of the Co- ve,nant of grace are Jure mercies ac® cording to that by the Prophet Ifaialr, will make an everlafling covenant with Jíai ï you, even the Pure mercies ofDavid ; Ele- tion in a fpecial manner. Our A- porle accordingly intimates in one place that the purpofe of Godaccording Rom.9.t i;. to eleil ionmuffland and affirms in an- other that this foundationof God'lands z Tim. .i. 19. Pure , having this feal The Lord knows 1V12o are his. Inwhich few words, we have no fewer then three grounds of its (ability; a Foundation, a Seal, and a Science.. Eleftion is the Foundatis 3'd.s.1 y,4 ÿy". on of God a firm Foundation that /lands Pure. With us things founded. upon a rock, have great ftability ; the rock
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