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Thirdly, the attributes of God: ¹and so there be three things in God may wonderfully settle us against this fear. The one is his faithfulness. The other is his power. The third is his immutable love: All three are laid to pawn for the performance of this preservation, & so pleaded in Scripture. For his faithfulness, the Apostle thence concludes, that the ²godly shall be confirmed to the end, as was alleged before, 1. Cor. 1. 8, 6. and so he reasoneth writing to the Thessalonians: The Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil, 2 Thess. 3. 3. And of the power of God these places speak, we are ³kept by the power of God to salvation, 1 Pet. 1. 5. I know (saith) Paul whom I have believed, and I am ⟨p. 389⟩persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day, 2 Tim. 1. 12. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling (saith Jude) and to preserve you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy: to the only wise God our Saviour be glory, and majesty, dominion, and power, now and ever, Jud. 24. And for the love of God, ⁴that it is unchangeable, there is apparent proof, Whom he loveth, he loveth to the end, John 13. 1. so as we may be confident in this, that he which hath begun a good work in us, will perform it till the day of Christ, Philip. 1. 6.

Thirdly, the attributes of God: