~i.· - - -r=·= ·-*L The Immutability of Go n. ----~ -- .· .. . r - ·-· --- -.! That thc.un• ·:- changabJenes ;: of Gcds.f;c. -' crces takes / not :~.w~y en• :- . de:J.VOUf)io Simile:. , No man ' knowcs this. l Decree. . pent? For if there be fuch an u1o1rcfifiabledecree ', · paftagainftm_5=,what hope is there? Before I ~pme to ~ partic-uJar anfwere to this ,, I wiJ..l p:rem·ife ·tbefe ,two :"things in ge- · nerali. Firfi, you know, that in nther tnings there is - an unchangeahle Dec'ree; as there is an unalte– ,rable Decree .concerning the time of mens detth,and yet no man for this .clothccafe roeate, .or to take Phy(icke ·: So there isanunchangeable Decree concerning the fucceffe of every buG~ fle!fe under·the ~unne, yetwee,dqe.not forbea.re .·to ta!{ecoun1eiJ, and to ufe thebefi meanes wee ..can, to bringour enrerprifes to pafTe. In like manaer, there is an unch~ngeab!e Decree concer1' ni.ng tbe fafvatie>n 0[ men ,·concerning giving (, .,g~a;£~- ' ?r denying grace to them ·; .and you [. caq nn mqre ,t_aK:e a~ arg.urn~nt .from hence, r to~·iv~ ov-er -en)dbvotds .) than_you can in the \ former. · ·. · I . .2 Though there .be.an u1fchangetffile Decree 1 I ' pall upon men, when GoD bath rejetred them, · an.d_ Go,o will nqt alter it..; yet this D~cree is \ 'kept fecret, abd ne man knowes it: therefore 1 there is a doore ofhopeopened·toaJI, to llirre 1 tl1em up to endca\'Our. Indeed, if the Decree ·were made knowne,andreveai~d to us; then it were iavaine, then therewereno place forendea– . vours ::but feeing-kis not fo, therefore there is place (~dJep.eJarid fer.endeavour-s, which arife. .f~om hope• .. - .. r: ·-' • · · , Thefe th'ings1>eing premifed , weewill now come
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