hy on Oat . .........m.......11.. 0111s. God , ifmy word come not topafre ; foelfewhere the Lord interpofethhis holineffe, Ihaveiworne6y my lio- , lineffethat 1 will not lie onto David, P/a1.89.3 5. As im- poffible forhim tobreake his word as to bee unholy. For the fecondqueflion,why God fwears in this par- ticular? I anfwer : Firti, and principally,to thew ,i'r 1240 7s icoi 40 rcthThh The immutable and irreverfible certainty ofwhat hee fpeakes , He6.6.17. Ihave /Worm by my felfe, the word is goneout °filly mouth, auditA¬ retorto.,&c. Efaz45.2.3. Thuswee finde God confir- ming the unmoveableneffe of his covenant by an Oath, Efai.54.9,1o. TM. 89.34 ,',"5. When the Lord cloth owl) lay a thing (though his word bee ascertaine in it felfe as his oath, for it is as impoflible for him to lie as to forfweare himfelfe) yet there is an implicite kinde ofre- fervation for the altering , revoking, or reverting that word by force fubfequent declaration. As in the cove- nant and Prietihood of Aaron though Godmade it for a perpauall ordinance,yet there wasaftera change ofir, for the weaknefre and unprofitableneffe thereof. So when the Lord lent Moth to preach dearuaion unto Ninive within fortie dayes , though theDenunciation came not to paiTe , yet was it not any falfe mefrage, be- caufe it was made revertible upon an implicitecondition, which condition the Lord is plea led foinetimes in mercy to conceale, that men may bee the boner frighted out of their fecurity, upon the apprehenfion offo approching a danger. At what time,faith theLorc1,11hallffieakecover. ringaNation, andconceroing a Kingdom, topliokup amitypulldowne, and todefirey : If that Nation agamfl whom! havepronounced turne from their evill, Iwillre- pent of theevillthat Ithought to doe Onto them, /era 8. 7,8. But when the Lord /ware/ any abliAttte MI , or protnife ofhis ovine (for theRevocation whereof there can no other ground de novo arife , than was extant at the time oftuaking it,andyet was no barge acir hinde- ranee ;85 VERSE 4, 1-4 Opx.or6 =NA- TILe; ci4e74- iitnr iP34-31 larsat-Ge-rgi- oria- eiCalf0(777 flO ,01;;UOLP} x6pior is stsi-rageAkeif 01).OTI m'?c I 6 Zur)9ors .tOy t,tqa3 4140 q-iTs e- wayfihicx4 ..dtext Tsstac,dicx.kr- trip,Bafii
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