, . . TJ;e ImmultlbilitJ of G o n ·• 97 that his favour is an unchtmgeahle favour: : So hee bath curfedSaul, a11d h~e1ball be curfed, I sam. x s.m.tr.,9. · 1 5.29. his decrees are unalterable. · So likewife; l~C~.'r.13. God is good,andcannot heotberwife: ' 1~~m.r.•3. therefore hecan tempt n1 mAtl. Out ofall thefe pla.o ces it is apparant, that the ufe of this DoCl:rine · . is, that wee might tremble at his judgen1ents, and that wee might rejoyce ih his favour with joyunfpeakable, and glorious : in a word, that - men might know thcexcellencieofthe .Almighty, and might know and magnifie GBd, l?ecaufe con– fl:ancie andunchangeAblenejfc is aprop~rtie ofwife– dome. This being the end why it is revealed, it ough,t tobeapplyedonelytothefeufes: As, Thcafcofdaia (to fhew it in thofe particulars which before doetrinc. wee did mention) when wee heare that GoJ rejettedSaul, and ,iUnot repent of it, and theJewu, &c. the ufe that wee lhould make of it, is this ~ . • ' . J to thinke with thy fdfe, IfGod fhould Faffe fuch · a decree of rejeCtion upon rne,it cannot be chan. ged; therefo~e 'I will feare before him,and take heed of that Ll:ubbornnelfe and wicked courfe o£ difobedience, that may bring fuch a cur{e upon me, and fuch a firoake upon my fou1e ~ as never • can be altered, .~Jever revoked. And this ufe the Apofl:Ie makes of it, Heb. 3. when hee had de– livered God.r unchangeahle decree, declared by his [wearing in hit ta~rAth, that they fbould never enter into his reD: Therefore deferre not (faith hee) ~,h i/e it u c~t!led ttJ day ; left that you continu– mg in acourfeof rebellion, the doore ofmercie be fuut upon. you , and God doe fwe~tre in hu Gg flrAth,
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