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

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.

The Divine Wisdom is so perfect there can be no addition to it. From Eternity it fixed the best end of all things, the Glory of the Creator; and appointed the fittest means to obtain it. His all-discerning Eye with one imperious view comprehends all events necessary and contingent. He sees all real effects, and all possible in himself: For he perfectly understands his own Power, and his own Will. To his Coeternal Knowledge nothing is past, or to come: Nothing occurs new, or appears old.

The Divine Power is not capable of accession or diminution. In the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength. 'Tis a Perfection inseparably inherent in his Nature: O Lord be exalted in thine own power.