-'1he Immutability of <-:J' oo • •, b~cleane arid fit for it, fo.that it will worke, and h~becomewilling to receive it;ifhe give it him, . ~he change is not in the Phy!ici,an,but in thePa- . tient. Therefore when you heare this, fit not .. ·downe di fcouraged ;·:but.rather goeand·{it alone, · and confider of tby,finnes;·and give not over,till , thy heart be broken for them : and when this is done, be fure that-hewill receive thee tOmercie; for bee may remaine unchangeable in·his decree, if the .change be in thee. And· therefore, this ·DoCl:rine dotb not difcourage,but rather fiirre-up and incite mentGchang~ their courJes·;~ yea,;it i5 the very fcopeof it~ . , Againe, Iaddethis fortlier : He that faitn;·To . ~what purpofs is ir,to endeavourr.WhofGevedt , ltl JS· ~ut a~ ·· . h r. fc 1 t..J . k h h. . cxcu,c_. to·•ar · rst ·ar.ayes o, 'W0UKI)as et atmant tsquC~-· God:,isun• · .. , tl:ion: D idft thutt ever goe about any holy duey, . ch:rngeabie ; ., ·;,_ andy.et didft finde this. ftop· ·in: it· that ~heuu·b ~herfore tberc:-- i.j ' o tuto hol!q. . v· . thou wouldeft doe them, thou couldeft not be · · '' accepted ? Hadft thou evera.ferious refolution, . '{ to forfake.fuch and-fucb a finne,and the occaftons . j/ ofir,andyet theu didft finde fuch a barre-as this-, · that thou could.e!l: not alter:Gods decree thereby; ., and'forthat onely reafonhafi gon€on-in it? Did ; tw.erany.man ilpon hisdeath-bed fay forNo man , · furelydares toaffirm~ it: but. it is, b€caufe bee · would not feeke to · Bod~ Therefore compla;ne · · notof theunchangeabledecr~e~ of God; but of the . !iubbornneffe-of thyheart,,in thatthouwilt not ·: bucklC!',an~lcome in untnhim... ·' The beft · w~y in this ·Doctrine, of the ·m:• .th4ngtnleiJeffedG.odidecree.o£eleaioA,i~,th>is :- .. to 1 i ! .....
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