T11e Immutability of Goo. And this is the>nature ofour refolution alfo;it is not the ·refolution ofa day or two,~batwiU ferve th~ turne, for the natureof a man is fubjett to (uch ~weakendfe, that ·except our refolutions be . gone over affd over againc, they fhr ink and come t:o nothing.Therefore the thing that caufeth un~ confiancie, is one of thefetbree: either weake– neffeofreafon that fets thee on worke, or weak– nelfe of the inclination and de!ire, or elfe, not re.. newingofthis. · ~ · Nowwheny~uhave found out the caufes of weakeneffe, you mayeafily find out the meanes tomake you refolute in well-doing, As, Firfi) labour to !get firong reafons for wi1at you·refo1ve on. Thewant of this was the caufe ofthe mutability ofthe fecond grougd; It wAn~ te4depthofearth: that is, the feed was good, and the Earth was good, but it was not deepe.- e– nougb, and fo the ftrength ofthe Sunne eaufed it towitheraway. Sowhen wee fuali have.good purpofes and refolutions, and they have not rooc . enough; that is, when a. man bath not well ex– amined the thing, fo as to bee fully convinced ofthe thing that bee undertakes, be is apt to be inconftant in it~ And this was the reafon of Evn inconfiancie, becaufe lhce confidered no_t the bottome that fbee was built up0n. On .tbe· otherfide,' the·womanofCana4nwhen fhee had ·fixed her faithupona good ground, lheewould not be beaten off; though fbe co,uld.not anfw·er the objeCtion, yet·!bee wouldnot be plucked off: Thou art the Mefli4J, and therefo,;~l£hOii;· _ H,h 4 wil~ i Me~ns to help rcfolations, Get tlroag reaCona for them. ·
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