--~--- --·-· · -·- --------->L-.--.,----- The lmmulabilityof Go n. · I oS The word ug. changeable, l{a} 40.8. .:Moze.s. Good workc:s uncl1angeabie when thatbegins,thentheother fhales off, even as old nailes doe, when new grow under. them : therefore this lhould teach us to value it much. So the word of God is an unchang_etS6/e thing, Ifay 40. 8. The grAjfewithereth, the flower fadeth: hut the word of the Lord·fbaU ftand for ever. A.11d Matth. ;. HeavenanaeArth /hAOpajfeaway,butmy worJ. fhatlnot pAjle away. Now what u(e lhould wee make of this ? Then fi:ud y the word more ·than any thing in theWorld befides. There is matter of much learning in the World, becaufe there are many creatures; now all other know- . ledg~ i~ but of the creature, and the knowledge ofthem cannot be more excellent than the thing knowne' and it vani!heth away with them, but· the word of God fha/1 not paffe, theWord induru for . ever. Therefore looke what truth thou canft get out of the word,which may build up the inward I man, looke what pro,fit thou canfi get from ir, l that fhall remaine for ever • Wherefore thou 'iliouldeft prize it much, ge~ it plenreoufly in– to thy heart, in t~e full wifedome and power of · it. Wee have indeed many imployments in this life;but that which is befiowed upon unchange– ~ble tbings,wh1.ch iliall never alter, that is the befi time fpent. - ~ · ' , . Lafl:ly, all the.good w-0rkes thou doeft, and . all the evill workes of unregenerate men ·unre 4 • ' pentedof, lhallremainefor .ever. Lookewhat · good wo'rkes thou doeft i£1 the wor.Id, they fhall 1 remainewith thee forever, they fhaH bee had in : 1 continuall remembrance. Therefore thdt.~ {houl- :,- 1 deft ·, J -·----· ~--~----------~~==;"'~-=
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