1 lb. 634 That all worldly thing."aremutableandvnconf$ant. ingreefe, and (harpe affli&ion ? And thus it appeareth that Matabittat eli all thefe worldly things which men fo fondly affeeî, are mu- gueda'n mor. table and vnconflant. The confederation whereof filould tatitar : WOO enim atiguiddemoue vs lightly to cfleeme,yea carelefly to contemne thefe preterito in fu- changeableand fickle vanities, in comparifon ofGods fpi_ turum msuetur, rituali gracesandheauenly ioyes. For what is this mutabili- guafipreterit° t buta certaine kindof mortality, feeing though they die murrtar. Aug not in themfelues yet theydie vnto vs ? yea in truth what is decognir.veræ Y Y vitæ,cap. ;r, the continuanceoftheieworldly things, but a kindofynob- com.9. ferriedcorruptibility ? for whilcft any thing pafi'eth from the prefcnt to the time to come, that which is pall dieth and pe- rifheth, Godonely is immutable, becaufe nothingpafi ta- kethfrom him ; nothing tocome addeth to him, butwkat- Mal.;.6. focuer was,is, or (hall be, iswith himall prefent. And there- foredefpifing thefe vnconflant and perifhin trifles, let the hum .17. Lord be our glory, treafure,anddelight, inshorn thereisno change orfhadowofchange; and let vs ;et our hearts and af- fe6uionsvponhisfpirituall and Iauing graces ; for thefegiftu ofGod (asthe Apofîleteilerhvs )arennehout repenrancr; ne- uer wholly or finally failing thofe to whom they are once giuen.For beingplacedon thislure rocke ofgrace, we may fecurelycontemne thedafhingwaues of boiflerous malice, which in the leaofthis world, areby turbulent tren railed a- gainff vs, feeing they fhàl beal broken into the fome of their ownie(ham, andwe in themeare time remaille vndatnnifi- ed; for there immutablr graces,giuen vntovs by the immu- tableGod,will makeour peaceand fecurity allo immutable. And ktvs chieflyaffea and feeke thofe honours, riches and pleafitresreferued forvs in Gods kingdome, which cannot be altered byany accident, nor impaired by anyenemie,but ¡hall eternally retnaine toour infinite ioy and comfort, fit me and permanent. CHAP.
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