109 / 504
confirmed by many
Arguments.
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P.111.35:1o.
24,25,26,27.
Surely
the
Lord
of
Hafts hath Swarm
,
faying
furely
asI
have
thought,
fofhall
it
come
to paffe,
and
a
I
havepnrpofed,
it
fhall Hand,
that
I
will
breake the
Affyrian
in
my
land
:This
is
the
urpofe
of
God,that
ispnrpofed
upon
the
whole
Earth,
and this
is
the
hand,that
is
ftretched
out
upon
all
the Nations;
for
the
Lord
of
bath
purpofed,
and
who'
all difanull
it
?
And his
hand
is
flretched
out, and
who
(hall
turne
it
back?
The
Lord doth
not
only Affert
the
certain
Accomplifhment
of
all
his
Purpofes,
but
an
to
prevent,
and obviate the
tin-
beliefeofthem,who
were
concerned
in
their
fulfilling
,
he
manifefts
upon
what account
it
is,
that
they
fhall
certainly be
brought
to
paffe
5
and
that
is
by the
flretching
oot
of
his
hand,
or
exalting
of
his
mighty Power,for the
doe-
Mg
of
it:
fo
that
if
there be
a
fayling
therein,
it
muff be
through the fhort-
neffe
of that
Hand
of
his fo
.tffretched
out,
in
that it
could
not
reach
the
end
aygied
at.
A
Worme
will
put forth
its strength for
the
fullfilling
of
that,
whereunto
is is
inclined: and
the
Sonnes
of
men will
draw out
all
their
Power
for
the
compafiing
of
their
defignes:
if
there
be Wifdome in
the
laying
of
them,
and
forefight
of
Emergencyes,
they
alter
not,
nor turne
afide
to
the
right
hand,
or
to
the
left,in
the purfuit
of
them:
And (hall
the Infinitely
Wife,
Holy, and Righteous thoughts,and
Defignes
ofGod, not
have
his
Power
engaged for
their
accomplifhment
?
His Infinite
Wifdome, and
Un-
derffanding are
at the
foundation
of
them: they are
the
Counfells
of
his
Will.
Ephef.7.
n.
who
hath
knownhis niinde
(in
them
?)faith
the
Apoftle,and
who
hath
been
his
Counfellour?
though
no
creature
can fee
the
paths, wherein he walks,
nor apprehend
the
reafon
of
the
waies,
he
is
delighted in yet
this
he
lets
us
know
for the
fatisfying
of
our hearts , and
teaching
of
our
inquiries,
that
his
owneInfinite
Wifdome
is
in
them
all: I
cannot
but
feare fometimes,
that
men
have
darkned
counfell
without
knowledge
in
curious contefts
about
theDe-
crees,& Purpofes
of
God,
as
though they
were
to
be meafured by our rule
&
line, and
as
though
by fearching we
could
find
out the Almighty
to
Per-
feplion.
But
he
is
Wife
in
hearts he
that
contendeth with him let
him Inftru&
him.
Adde,that
this
Wifdome
in his
Counfell
is
attended
with infallible
Pre
-
fcience
of
all,that
will fall
in
by
the
way,
or
in
the
courfe
of
the accomplifh-
ment
of
his
Purpofes; and you
will
quickly fee,that
there
can
be
no poffible
intervenienceupon
the
account
whereofthe Lord
fhould
not ingage
his
Al.
mightyPower
for
their
accomplithment;
He
is
of
one
minde,and
who
can
torne
him?
he
will
roorke,and
who
(hall
let
him
?
6.
Sixtly,by
demonfrating
the
Vnreafonabineffe,Foly,
and
Impoffibilitÿ,
of
fufpending the
A&s,and
Purrofes
of
the Will
of
God,upon
any
a&ings
of
thc
Creatures whatfoever: teeing it cannot
be done without
fubje&ing
Eternity
to time,
thefirfl
Caufe
to
the
fecond,
the
Creator
to the Creature, the Lord
to the Servant;
diffurbing
the
whole
order
of
Beings
and Operations in
the
world.
7. Seventhly,by
the
removeall
of
all
Pofble,or
Imaginary Caufes
of
Alte-
ration and change:
which will
all
be refolved into
impotency
in
one kind,
or
other. Every
Alteration being confeffedly an
imperfection,
it
Cannot
follow
but from want and
weakneffe, Upon
the
lffue
of
which Difcourfe,
if
itmight
be perufed
,
there Corollaries would infue;
r.
Eìrft, Conditionall Promifes,
and
Threatnings,
are
not
declarative
of
Gods rurp
yfes
concerning Perfons,
but
of
his Moral/
Approbation
or
Reje&i-
on
of
Things.
2.
Secondly,
There
is
a
wide difference betweene
the
Change
of
what
is
Conditionally pronounced,
as
to
the
things themfelves,
and the
change
ofwhat
is Determinately
willed: the
certainty
of
whole event
is
proportioned
to
the
Immutable
Ms
of
the Will
of
God it
felfe.
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