Preston - BT100 P8 1634

' ' ------------------~----------~------------~ Th~ Immutability of Gop. , immut4bility:, to goe tO him in a fenfe ofclaine T owne unconfiancie, and fay, L o tt.D thou hatl: revealed thy felfe to bee;~ncba,getJ.ble, that ·Wee mayfeeke ftabilityofthee, and finde-it in thee, thou alone art'originally and e!fentially fo; and no creature is anyfurther fo than thou doft communicate to ir: Therefore doe thou, LotJ., make l - me ftableand conil:ant in well-doing. Grace it fdfe of it felfe is not immutable, for icis fubject: Grauiq'ltftlf to ebbing and fio\ving ;and thereafonwhywee . nocimmu~abk · doe not quite lofe it, is not from ·the narore of grace, as if it were immutable, but becaufo it . 1 comes from, and fiickesclofe to Chriil. Therefore goe tohim; bee is the roote that communicares filpand life to thee, becaufe thou .abideil . ingrafted in him. But theLerddoth this'by meanes: it is note:.. O.bjr5f~ nough topray,-and tofeeketo hiin,to make me ,unchAngeable, ( fo much as humane infirmitY-can reach) but I mull: ufe themeanes alfo. 'It is true, hee doth itbymeanes ? and if you fay, w·hat,aiethofe meanes.. ?J will lhew it-.you .briefly. . ·You t'hall find that there are twocaufesofun.. 'Two caure: Of conll-ancie, or mutability) or fickleneife : ana incon!bncy. ; ·ifyou lindoutwhatthe .caufes arc, youwilleaan.dtwune:uu · r.1 fc b h 1 · to procure , 11 y ee t eway to e pe it. cqnft;m~y. Firft, ftrength of luft: that -caufeth m~rta bee m1_con£lant.~(ltsmes 4· 8~ Clean[eyourhAndJ;Jee · I ftnners, ·And·purge 7 ygur-he4rtJ you w4vering-minded· :' flllfts.:&e(thcllll . h . h ·:r. ' h h A Ill b"d h :morotied,. w at ts t e re<hOn ·t at t e · pou. e 1 s t em, 1am. 4.11. · _ .to p11rge their bearu, that were wtfverong-mi1Jfl.ed, · . . Hh l · .but .,.

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