Theftrfi BookeofDioittitie, CHA r. r loth include , being as much to fay, as Iam or Iwill bee. When therefore the Lord faith , that he is orwill bee, hee meaneth that he is without change,andfo will continue euer :for I am or I will be, fbeweth thathe is thecaufe of his owne being, and thereforewithout beginning. To Rexel.t.E, which ward , lohn u in the Revelation alluding , calleth himAlpha andOmega; that is , the beginning and the ending,hethat ie,andthat was ,d that is tocome,andEfaj 44.t,Thus,faith IEHovAN, Iam thefirif, andlam the ía41. Yea, t.Sam..11.29. he is called Eternitie itfelfe,for he that is the EternitieofIfrael,willnot ye,&e.In the Jos Pfalme, all three are ioyned' together, firfi, propounded in generali,Verfe 2f. Thyyeeres arefromgeneration toge- neration : then diftinguifhed byhis Farts. The being be- fore all time,Verfe 26.Thov wan before thoudiddeffound the Earth; and the wore of tly hands the Heavens. The continuing for euer,Verfe 27.8c the latter end of the 28. They/hallperrfh, but thou,rewaynefl, they all waxe olde as ,t garmentibut thyjeeresf1:411notfaile.Laff ofall, his immu- tahld nature, in the reít ofthe 27. and 28.Verfes. ells a nf.re/halt thou change the,-rr, and they /hallbe changed, %rst thouart(or continue ff f ill) thefame. Neither loth it hinder, that which we haue laid of the vnchangeable na- ture of God,that he is laid in manyplaces to repent him, as Gen.6: 6. It repentedGod thathe had mademan. And lemas . 3, he is laid to be fuch aone, that repenteth him ofeui!! for (peaking properly,that is true whichSamuel 7.am.t 5.29. x faith, The eternit:e of!frael is not as man, that he jhould . zion.a, 0.9. repent hit. And Y PAv L, ThegracesofGod are without repentance.Repcnran ce thcrfore,is for our vnderflanding improperly attrìbuted'vnto G o n in this fence, that whenGon deflroyeth that which before hemade, as in that place ofGenef r,and r.Sam.i ç t t.and 16.t.orbrits. geth not that judgement or punifhmét which he threat. neth , as in that of lon,at , and Exod. 33. r-4- and infinite other places ; he- is then termed to repent., becaufemen which,
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