' • 'Tiu·tmmutabilitJ ~1 lioJ?. · ll~ . ;lution of heart , ,.;; e~~91q:v~ "ii: v.;.ptlc~ ~r;or~trH.tt .,; "uii(ll, · That is , when a man doth not lightly put .himfelfe upon _an holy courfe ; but take.s up ·a firong rcfolution to goc through with it ; fuch a refolution as Pauls wa:s,. 4CJJ zo. 21. Aa:1..o,1•; . . . , hee knevv that bands by- the way- did waice for ' · ,. himas for theeves,it was nomatter,hee.w.tt 6o:sizd . in the [firit: All is nothing~ I.carenor, faies he) I fo th4t I may fulp!l theMinijlery committrd to mee!l ··'Such a refolution we £hould have. Andaccording as thou findefr·thy felfe able·td doe this, fothou fhouldeil: judge of thy fe_lfe.. A man that is on and off in his wayes ·, Sa!omon com. Shnik.· pares him to a Cittie , wliofewal"Ie3 are bro- ·kendowne,that is,if a temptation come.and fet uponhim, it hathfreeentrance, and thefeml"" tation comes in, becaufehis {ou.lewas without guard and ward. But on the other fide, a man that dothnot £\and trifling with·the Lo.rd, to fay ; . ' ~·· .onely I wHh I could, and I am forry that I can.. nor,buthethatwill goe through agoodcourfe; .fuch a man is like to a·Cittie which hathwa·Uos . round about it j that if a temptationcome)there is fometbing to keepe it our.. I fay, as thou art Con!bnc i \ · to jlldge of.o_ther things by the mutabilitie of cvill not~a~ i them ; fo oftby-felfe : for.there is no.rhinghet· .worfe, ! ter than to have a peremptorie ,efolution in ! well-doing, tob~e confiant therein,and there is I z:othing worfc than to bee perernptoric iu_cYfo 7~ vdl. . Togoe toGl!d If Bod.beeimmu-table., then thouknowelhvhlto ~et conft~n ther to goe togenhis conftancy, to make thy ~~~ wcl dQ~ Hh fe_~ 1
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