~ If there be-• chan~e in·ut, il !hall goc w.cll withus. Simile~ The Immutabili~J .of Go n._ S~condly, thoughGedsdecree ?eunch•ng,~•bl~, yet 1fthou canft finde achange m thy felfe, n ·. thali.goe~ellwith thee ·: A-s ifa Father Clmuld .· take.upan unch11nge;sh/er.efehnion,to di~iriherite · .a fiubborne and ungracious child , becaufe bee ' is fo; if the -child ibould ·change and alter his - -courtes,and grmv fober, the Father may now re- :_ ceive bim to mercie , ~nd yet no change in his · r.efolution,but the'ehange is onely in the fonne : · ~or, ifa ;Prince fh0uld fct downein a Law, (as a Law·of rhe Meaes and Perfi~tns, that alters not) faying) l will not receive to favour fuch a rebelli– ous fubjecr, becaufe hee is fo; yet if his fubjeet be changed,he may receive him, and yet his De:. _ .crec may beunchangeable,becaufe the change was ' in the fubje&; and the Decreewas grounded ~p- . on this,Ifhe did temaine fo rebellious and fi.ub-· borne : So I fay to thee; If God bath therefore · tbreatned to rej~Cl: thee, becaufe thou art a ftub-: ·b0rne.and rebellious wretch; if now thou thal~ finde a change in thy felfe , that thy {lubborne heart is ,broken, ftanding in awe of him, fearing to offend him, or to commit any finne that thou :knoweft to be a 6.nne : I fay, notwith fi:anding that unch~ngeablenejfe of his, bee cannot but re– ceive thee to mercie. As ifa PbyliCian fhould . :take ·up anuncbang~a:ble refolution, not to give his Patient fuch re'fi:orative Phyficke, becaufe hi5 llomacke is foule, fo that it will not worke,. and becaufe he ·will not receiv~ fuch Purgations; ,whereby be fuould be prepared for it : But if there be a change in the Patient, ifhis ftomacke · be · ::
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