1haJmmutability oj GoD· - Thirdly, declare the confequencd and-Vfes that arife from it. Now to convince us fullyof this point, con1 Reafons wh• ftder thefe reafons: God muft bcq V\''herefoever there is any change, there mull immusablc. b r:. . d . e: n.. l . . 1V_afo• I. ee 10rnevantty an ·. ·Imperte~.-Lion; 1ence -tt an_. Where thcrei' feth that all th<t ~reacures- being fubje& to . change, there change, are fubjecl alfo to fome imperfeC!ion ~ . isi~perfcc:ti· Now that which is moil: perfect~ cannot be fub""' .on•. . jet! to change ; becaufe in every change, either there is fome perfechon added.d1at before was wanting, or elfe fomething is taken away which· , before was enjoyed .. · Netther of' which can · · ' befall our Go o; who is moft perfe6!; nothing can bee added or taken away from him; for,·if - any t.hing could, bee were not perfect: whence it rnuil: .necdes follow, that hee · is unchangeable·. · Whatfoever is ch'angeabfe, muil: beinapor.. 1{£~tfon 2; fibility- either to receive forne new b·eing, .. or· Godiscapable fome other being that it had not before, either ;:g~oncwbc· in fub!l:ance or incircumfiance,or elfe itcannot bee changeable: now that"which is tapabJe of - ' no new being in any refped, cannot be changed·. Wherefore Goo who is exceeding full of be– ing, as rhe Sea is of water, and the Sunne of ·light, that is,hee hatb all the degrees and exten~ lions of being in .,him; is not in poffibiiity of · receiving any other being, thanhe bath ; bee is not fubjed: to receive any .otner beina for fub.. fiance; nor ·any other being for quanrlty, and therefore nothing can be,added.to this time or· · , ". place·
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