. Tl!d Immt~~ability ;( ~· o o: •. 1 ~!~ as a~ meaA1re tly wh1ch thoLt ma1e!l: pnz:cand C· l · Reeme it :.l?okc~1o_ vchangeahleit is, fo ~dch the worfe tt IS ; 1f H bee good, the rnore tmmu- . table, the better it is , for}allunchangeablnes commeth from wcak-eneffe. Therefore learne to ·value it fo ; andydu fi1all finde this of much ufc. Aswee may fee in the Heavens; it is faid I that theyarevainc, bea.ufe they wa~eold':# doth a 1garmnet ; but thou art ~he fame.' Pfo: !02.26. 27. Pf&t.to:..• ~:,7 • .. ' Goe ,throughevery thmgg!ouous m the world, glorious Churches, they are fubjed tochange', as lerufalem, theglory of aUthc earth, it is ruina– ted,and brought to nothing. Take men that are moll:' eminent , yet becaufe they arefitbject to , . / change,by death or bypafsions, there is a vani.ty in them : though tHey live here like gods in their glory; yet· when they come to dye, .and " their chawge comes , they appeare to bee: burmen;· Therefore magnifie no tn~n , but labour to bt!c· · · perfwadedof thy felfe , as a man·; .. !'need .not f}Jeake to you of riches, they takeeo themfelves · wings and fly away ; nor ofcredit and honour; · they are in the power oF them that give rhem : whatft>ever is changeable-,- according to the mu_. tabilirie of it, fovalue it• . .Bur I prelfe the con– trary;Look upon thethings that are not changeable, and labour -to· prize them. Thou (halt ~~::~·:;;~ findefa~ing ~rac~ to-bee uncha~geaMe,thougb' it maybe1mpaned m ·degree, ~Jrd may recoyJe'to the roote:, and may not b'ttdToortb as at oth'er ~irrtes, yet it is unchltngrAMi, it fhal 'I never bee taken away : . So JpirituaU ~life is uiuhange•ble, i · w~n ·. f
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