A sermon preached upon the much lamented death of our late gracious sovereign Queen…

Eternity is a resultance from his independent Nature: For we cannot conceive of a Being necessary in it self, but it must be Eternal; From everlasting to everlasting thou art God. Whatever is made is perishable, either from the principles of its composition, as the Bodies of Animals, which being made of ⟨p. 6⟩jarring Elements, dye by Natural Expiration, or may be destroyed. The Angels, tho' Spiritual Substances, are mortal to God, he can by a word annihilate them: Nay, their Immortality depends upon his Power, the productive and conservative cause of their Beings. He only has Immortality, the inseparable¹ Perfection of his Nature, and bestows it upon others.

1. 11 Tim. 6.

The Eternity of God is inseparably connected with his Immutability: For that Being that cannot change, cannot cease to be. These Attributes infer and illustrate one another. Those things which Time bestows, it takes away: Flowers that are of a springing accomplishment, gradually wither: But the Sun shone with as much lustre and force the first day as ever since, and continues in its perfection. God was from Eternity, and therefore is always the same in himself. He is not more Powerful when he Works, nor Wise when he Governs, nor more Just when he Punishes, nor more Good when he bestows his Benefits. The Immutability of the Divine Nature is proper to every Perfection: I will mention some of them.

The Eternity of God is inseparably connexed with his Immutability: For that Being that cannot change, cannot cease to be. These Attributes infer and illustrate one another. Those things which Time bestows, it takes away: Flowers that are of a springing accomplishment, gradually wither: But the Sun shone with as much lustre and force the first day as ever since, and continues in its perfection. God was from Eternity, and therefore is alwayes the same in himself. He is not more Powerful when he Works, nor Wise when he Governs, nor more Just when he Punishes, nor more Good when he bestows his Benefits. The Immutability of the Divine Nature is proper to every Perfection: I will mention some of them.