Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

2. It is said to be written, that it might be rooted and riveted in the heart, as when Letters are engraven in Marble; so is the manner of Gods writing: if God write, it can never be obliterated or blotted out: Letters in Marble are not easily worn out again; no more are the writings of Gods Spirit: Some indeed would have them as writings in dust: but if Pilate could say, What I have written, I have written; how much more may God? Hence are all those promises of perseverance; My Covenant shall stand fast with him, Psal. 89.28. and, The root of the righteous shall not be moved, Prov. 12.3. and, Even to your old Age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you, Isa. 46.4. I deny not, but men of glorious gifts may fall away; but surely the poorest ⟨p. 85⟩Christian that hath but the smallest measure of Grace, he shall never fall away; if the Law be written in our hearts, it still remains there; Grace habitual is not removable: sooner will the Sun discard its own beams, than Christ will desert or destroy the least measure of true Grace which is a Beam from the Sun of Righteousness.

2. It is said to be written, that it might be rooted and rivetted in the heart, as when Letters are engraven in Marble; so is the manner of Gods writing: if God write, it can never be obliterated or blotted out: Letters in Marble are not easily worn out again; no more are the writings of Gods Spirit: Some indeed would have them as writings in dust: but if Pilate could say, What I have written, I have written; how much more may God? Hence are all those promises of perseverance; My Covenant shall stand fast with him, Psal. 89.28. and, The root of the righteous shall not be moved, Prov. 12.3. and, Even to your old Age I am he; and even to hoary hairs will I carry you, Isa. 46.4. I deny not, but men of glorious gifts may fall away; but surely the poorest