Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

1 lb. 634 That all worldly thing." are mutable and vnconf$ant. in greefe, 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 atiguidde moue vs lightly to cfleeme,yea carelefly to contemne thefe preterito in fu- changeable and fickle vanities, in comparifon of Gods fpi_ turum msuetur, rituali graces and heauenly ioyes. For what is this mutabili- guafi preterit° t but a certaine kind of mortality, feeing though they die murrtar. Aug not in themfelues yet they die vnto vs ? yea in truth what is decognir.veræ Y Y vitæ,cap. ;r, the continuance oftheie worldly things, but a kind ofynob- com.9. ferried corruptibility ? for whilcft any thing pafi'eth from the prefcnt to the time to come, that which is pall dieth and pe- rifheth, God onely is immutable, becaufe nothing pafi ta- keth from him ; nothing to come addeth to him, butwkat- Mal. ;.6. focuer was,is, or (hall be, is with him all prefent. And there- fore defpifing thefe vnconflant and perifhin trifles, let the hum .17. Lord be our glory, treafure,and delight, inshorn there isno change or fhadow ofchange; and let vs ;et our hearts and af- fe6uions vpon his fpirituall and Iauing graces ; for thefegiftu of God (as the Apofîleteilerh vs ) are nnehout repenrancr; ne- uer wholly or finally failing thofe to whom they are once giuen. For being placed on thislure rocke of grace, we may fecurelycontemne the dafhingwaues of boiflerous malice, which in the lea of this world, are by turbulent tren railed a- gainff vs, feeing they fhàl be al broken into the fome of their ownie (ham, and we in the meare time remaille vndatnnifi- ed; for there immutablr graces,giuen vnto vs by the immu- table God,will make our peace and fecurity allo immutable. And kt vs chiefly affea and feeke thofe honours, riches and pleafitresreferued for vs in Gods kingdome, which cannot be altered by any accident, nor impaired by any enemie,but ¡hall eternally retnaine to our infinite ioy and comfort, fit me and permanent. CHAP.