•,:-'( . - I .The lmmutabili~y of Go n~ ·jufi.ifie him in all his w·ayes: becaufe there i~ no ' · griefe or trouble can come to him,a5 to the crea– ture, there he muil: needes be lwly in all his tf!ttyeJ, andrighteousina!lh#workes-. ·. . . · . .~ ·Althis de• crees and .counfels were from eternity. If this be fo, then this will alfo follow,that all t~e d~crees, all the co~nfe~I, and all th1 ~as.of huwtll, that ever werem him, they wme mhim from all eternity: that is,tbere is. nota ·viciffitude ofcounfells, thoughts, and defires upon the paf– fages of things in the world, as there is in men; for then he iliouJd be fubjecl to change.For this is a fure rul~, whatfoe'oer is unA.erdifferent termu, there if a.ch.tnge in it; e is not now, that which he was.not before: an ifthere were any inll:anr, in whichGod ihouldwill one thingwhich hedld not another time_,he lhoul&be fubje6t to change. Therefore looke ba£ke to all times,in your ima– ginations and thoughts, as to themakingof the world-; afl thofe aas, thofe counfeis that have been executed upon .~en, they were in l1im from . everlafting. ' . Now I come toufes for prael:ife: and we will make fuch ufes as the Scripture cloth make of , this point. The firff: is this. · Pfl 1 In I Sam. I 5· 2 8, 29. .AndS4muel foid ~nto Takc~cedof Saul, The Lord bath rent the Kingdome of /frael provoking hi:ff. from thee thu day, and bath giv_en 'lt te a neighhour to caft thee 0 • ofthine, thAt is better than thee: an,dalfo theflrength ~fI(rae/ t~iU no_t lie, n6r repent: for he is not aJ man th•t bee jbBu!d rerent. If G 0 D b~ unchangt4ble' . take heede then, left beecome to this, that be caft thee o1f,,asbeedidSau/: for.ifeverhe doe . it,
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