420 Chap. 23 . An .Bxpofition upon tke Book o f f®B. Verf. I3, he bath not a fecond.The heathens having many gods;when they Sape premente were oppreffed by any one god,they fought reliefe from another. ateo dat deus As Sorcerers and Witchesgoe to a ftronger fpirit,for help againft alter ó1" what a weaker fpirit bath done. Heathen gods were devil! gods; and they are many.The 7ewes degenerating into Idolatry, multi plyed their Gods according to the number oftheir Cities (?er. z. 28.)) But 7ehovah, The living god, TheLord, iù one God, We of- firme from Scripture that there are three Flees or fubffiences in theGodhead (commonly called perlons) Father, Sonne, and Spirit ; but theft three are one, not only by confenr,but by nature and effence, Heare O Ifrael (laid Mofes, Deut. 6, 4.) The Lord our god is one Lord. Secondly, From our reading ; He is in one, or (as we fupply) He le in one mind,. Obfervethat great truth. god is unchangeable. I theLord changenot (Mal. 3.6. ) The unchangeableneffe of God may beconfidered in divers things. First, In his effence or nature; God knoweth no decay. He is a fpirit, an eternal! fpirit ; He bath nothingmingled or mixed in him which fhould worke or tend to alteration. God is fimple, He is molt fimple, even fimplicity it felfe. There is no compofiti- on in him, no diverfitie ofqualities inhim. Man change thin his natural! conftitution, becaufe compounded and madeupofdiffe- rent elements,qualitiec, and humours, which contending and filth= tingone with another, neceffitate his change. Every day brings foMe, though infenfible, changes upon us ; And in a few yeares our changes are very vifible, and fen(ble. The Pfalmift (peaking oftie heavens, which of all vifible creatures are in nature molt unchangeable,yet calls them changeable in comparifon ofGod (Tfal. i©2.26.) Theheavens are the work of thy kands;They fhalll peri¡h, but thou ¡halt endure; yea all of them fballwax old like a garment ; as a veffurefialt thou change them, and tkey /hall 6e changed. The heavens are thepureft part of the creation, and freeft from elementary mixtures,yet they (hall waxold,they Thall be changed. In oppofition towhich thePfalmift adds (ver. 27.) But thouart thefame, and thyyearn ¡ha(l have noend-Nor are the yeares of Godonely without end, but himfelfis without change. Indeed there is no changeof time to God; paft, prefent, and to come,,
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