-....:.--------:----------· _ _:_ ____ . _ ______ _.:_ ____ The lmmuMbilitj of G 0 D. r eo be had· whereas if thou wouldeil: looke up to ' . . . God, tbou fhalt finde all things aliketh~re, there . is no changewith him. When an earthen pot is I broK.en,it cloth not m.uch trouble you,for you reI . member it tO bee but an earthen pot: now every thing here below, all your friends ·, wife, chil– l dren, they are but earthen ve.ffels, and the confi1 deration of this would exceedingly helpe you,if i you would fettl-e it'on your heart. Therefor.e fay, 1 what a foole was I ? I did not remember_, they ·were but a flower, avapot~r, and a fhadow: for · fo the Scripmrecals them: And f11all aman take on becaufea vapour is fcatrered,and a flmverwi– thered,and a fhadow vanifhed? Therfore remem– ber, that to beeunchAngeahle is proper to Goo a- ' lone; and to bee changeable isas proper fo·the creatufe)as to him to be immutA-ble. Secondly, You mayfee from hence, how to helpe that vanity to which the creature is fubje& fqr if unchange&h!enejtebee the property of G0 D onely, thou mull: not feeke a ftability from the creature,but confider that it bath rio further co– ftancy in it, thanG~dis pleafed to communicate the fame to it;who is the fountaine,from whence al unchagell61enes proceeds;for as mutable as they be, yet if hee will make thy friends to be fi:able, or thy wealth, it thall be fo. Therefore the one. ly way is, to goe to him, to make thofe things firme, which otherwife are unconfbinr. The love (!}fa friend is u!leonfi:ant, for he may die, hil hre11th iJ inhit neHhri!J • and if bee doe live, . -yet hit thoughts '~~MJ ptrifh,a~d his affections alter: so· ·---1, All outward things a~ e:tr· , then velfc:ls. Goe to Go:J to put a ftabilitie into the thing theu enjoyeft,
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