ObjeEf. . r S.ttn,If•U• ;, Gtlf.6,6. .A~:(w~ How rcpen• t:tnte is attri– buted tQ Gocl. The lmrnutabtlity· of Goo. o£nochange or variadonwith~norwithouthim.· and therefore needs muft beunchangeable• . The objeelibns againft this are but two. The · ; _firll i~ That~vhtch is taken from thofe pla~es of .Scr•pture, where God is faid to repent, ~s· that, Heerepentedth4them4,de Sau!Kmg, I Sam. 1 ;.~I • ..and Ge11. 6. 6.ltgrievedhim to thehe4_rt that he had m1-dem4n: now thofe that repeot,feern tochange their mind. · · Th1s is attributed to G•d,as manyoth~r fpeecbes are,onelyafter: the mannerofmen ; as man, .~hen hee alters any thing that hedi-d before, is faid to repent. : fo that it is but a. figurative ~peecl1,and aMetaphor,ufedwhet') he dorh make al)y change in the world: as he madeSaul King, and put him downe againe: he puts men in high 1 .e·~tes,and ptds themdowne tlgaine, this is only in regardofthe atHons do~e;aswhen be fhewes ·favour to any man, and tal<es it away againe. " Sotha~ it isbut a figurative kind offpet-ch ; not ·that there is ~ny change inhim£e1£~,butbecaufe what he didbef9re, he undoes it now; in reg~rd ofhis ad:ions be is faid to change, not in regard ofhimfelfe. What is the reafon tbat hee is faid todraw .neere to us at one time, and at an()ther time to ·depart from us ? whydoth ~he Holy GhoHcome into one mans heart, and fanctifie him, when before bee was an unregenerate man? what is the reafon that Chrift which W?JS in Heaven, came downe and tooke our nature upon-him, and livedamongQ us ? I fay, what is thereafon . . or
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