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CHRISTIAN
IWORALITY,
viz.
ES
/R1W.
Xx1.
therefore
he
hath
magnified
his love,
and
divinely demon-
strated it
to be sincere
and true,
beyond all possibility
of
jealousies
and exceptions.
God
is
faithful
to all
the promises
of
his gospel
;
all
his
ways
are
mercy
and
truth
to
his
people
:
He
is
a
God
keeping covenant through
all
generations.
This
is
the
illustrious
title
that
he
assumes,to
himself,
and glories
in:
And
this
is
the name
by
which
the ancient saints
have
delighted
to
make
their
addresses to
him.
These hea-
vens shall be dissolved
and perish in
the
flame,
and
this
earth,
become a smoking
cinder;
heaven and
earth
shall
pass
away,
but
the
word
of
the
Lord and
his
truth
abide
for ever
;
not
one
jot
or
tittle
of
them shall perish,
but
all shall be fulfilled.
By two
immutable
things, in
i
'hich
it
is
impossible for
God
to
lie;
that
is,
his
oath and
his
promise, he
bath esta-
blished
his
covenant of
grace,
that
the heirs
of
salvation
might
have
strong
consolation, Heb.
vi. 18.
Hereby
it
comes to pass
that
we
have
a sure hope
of
eternal
life;
for God
that
cannot
lie
bath
promised
it
to us
in
Christ
Jesus
before the
world began,
Tit.
i.
2.
and
2 Tim,
i.
9.
And though
it
was
so
long
ago since
the
first promise was
made, the first
promise made
to
Christ
before
the
found
dations
of
the
world,
and
the
first
promise made to fallen.
Adam
a.
little after the foundations
of
the world were
laid;
yet our God hath not
forgotten
his
promises and his
covenant;
he
remains
still
faithful
to fulfil
every
word
of
grace
that
is
gone
out of
his lips,
Ps.
lxxxix.
33,
34.
And should
not
this oblige
us to like
faithfulness to
our
follow-
creatures,
since God, who
is so
infinitely
our
su-
perior,
is
pleased thus to bind himself
by
promises,
and
thus
to
fulfil
them
?
The
constancy and immutability
of God
in
his
designs
of
mercy to sinners, should influence
us
to
the practice of
the
same
constancy
of
spirit
in
our
professions
of
his
gospel,
God
acts
always
like himself,
conformable to
the
glory,
and
holiness,
and dignity
of
his
nature,
so
should
we,
who
are the
sons
and daughters of
the
most
high
and
holy
God. He
is
uniform
in his
counsels
and
methods
of
grace and peace,
he
is
unchangeable
in
his
love,
and
always
the
same
:
And
Jesus Christ
is
the
same
yesterday, to
-day,
and for
ever;
constant
to
himself,
and
consistent
with
himself
in
all the purposes
of
his
mercy