Tho Immutabilityof Go D· .9J· · , come to aparticular anCWerof this objeCtion. ,"·... . Firft,that ifthoudaeft pray,thou (halt change· .-An['lf; Gq D and hiscaniage roward thee, thoughhee 1 · he unchangeaHIC·.· For if a man be rejeded' as I If • ma~ heur. . · ., ' • 1 tc:rly reJeacd; Saul was, and as the !ewes were, and as thofc m J hee cannot Rom. 1. who were given up to a reprobtSte minde; \ pray. if hee be fo rcjed:ed, bee is not able 'to pray, or 'l(gm. Is repent, or to feeke to G~n, orto de fire to goe about, in good earnefl:, any change of 'life: for if bee were able to doe it, hee was fure tofpeed. Therefore if thou doe·ll: pray in t.nlth, th0u fluk prevaile,thou art fure to have mercy at his hand; for it is a great·ligne that bee harh not given theeover, that no fuch unchangeable Decree is pall.again!l: thee : therefore.it is noDoctrineof · difcouragement. Indeed,it is a Dotlrineofgreat terrour ro thofe,whofe heartsdoe rtot tremble at · it .; that let fucb a Doctrine flide away,as water.. dothoifa fione,andfuffer it not to·fink into their · 'heartsat all': but to a man that faith, I would re– pent,an4·pray,andchange tbe€ourfe.ofmy life~ · · if there~ere ~ny hop~; I can fay this. to ~he~; that if thoudoenpray, thou {halt be accepted; ' for q o o bath ftil~d himfelfe, that he isaGog . hearing. pr.~yerJ; and except he were change~Me, \ hemqfl n.~e<;ls beready ·tohe~r~· thee, ifthou fe~keil:-to htm: For the LoRD IS u11ch~ng,eAble tn .. his prom~fes,anqt:hou fhalt fitide him uncht~ng~- tlbletowards thee':~uttoamctnthatwillnotpray, . that is fet.upon.eviU, and ~ill:not bee wroug~t · , upon, tfl fQch aman this is afearefuUand t~rri:.. . , ble Do~rine;. / Secondly.,_, . ' . .... ~ . '
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