J 1\~Jmmurdbili~ of G ·o::r:·__ •wrought in t'beeby thecovenant, and thyeleeli.. -<>n is fure,be~ thou fu.re alfoGodwill neveralte.r it) .for bee is unchtmgeable. This thou mu!l confider, '-that thoumayfi have flrong confolation: Beloved, , :our confolation, if it be·upon any thing)but up– .onGod, that is uncht~ngeab!e,it is weake;and twcn– ·ty things may batter it, and oyerrhrow it : but ~whc;n it is groundedupon the immutability of hi! I counfell, it is called Heb. 6. I 8.. ftrong confol.~tiou, Hrh.l. tt. ! fo that all the Devils inhell, all rhe tempta'tions I ofchc worldJand all cheobjecbons,that our own I hearts ea~ make; caenot ~atter it; for it is built I upon the lowefi foundatwn, even upon the un– changeable God. So that this Do6trine is a great l ' comfort to-all the Saints ofGod. Therefore con– ~der t'h?u;whether thou art in the !\:ate C?f grace, · , whether thott ' haft made 'the match With /tfoJ thrift, whether ever there was a covenant be- ·-tweene·Chrift, and·rhy foule. But how{hall I know ir, youwill fay ·P Did .f!!!!J!• , . · yQuever.come to ·this, as to fay, .I am 'COntent .Anfw. robe divorced from, and to part with all things,· ~ow t~kncow. · .. h 1 ft d b c: l . I e are lA e- . \\..It every u , a~ to ee content to 10 lmv 1 venant with · htm, through all h1s waves, .and to beare every (1ed. · croffe ?.yet this is not enough ; Did;there fo!- ·low hereupon, a· generall change within thy heart, ..and a new heart, and a ne\v fpirit· given thee?' Gtherwi(~ it is but lip· labour, a thought onely that paffcth through theminde,and there– fore was never any fuch ad:uall agreement be- . l tweene chriff and thee. Bttt if there were any I fuch change,then thou maie{l: comfort thy fel_fe; . F f 3 for
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