The divine life in three treatises

3. The Immortality, Incorruptibility and Immutability of God, must 1. Teach the soul to rise up from these Mortal, Corruptible, Mutable things, and to fix upon that God who is the immortal, incorruptible portion of his Saints.

2. It must comfort and encourage all Believers in the consideration of their felicity; and support them under the failings of all mortal, corruptible things. Our Parents, and Children, and Friends are mortal: They are ours to day, and dead to morrow: They are our delight to day, and our sorrow or horror to morrow▪ But our God is Immortal. Our houses may be burned: Our goods may be consumed or stolen; our clothes will be worn out; our treasure here may be corrupted. But our God is unchangeable, the same for ever. Our Laws and Customs may be changed; our Governors and Privileges changed; our company, and employments, and habitation changed: but our God is never changed. Our estates may change from Riches to poverty; and our names that were honoured may incur disgrace. Our health may quickly turn to sickness, and our ease to pain: But still our God is unchangeable for ever. Our friends are unconstant and may turn our enemies: Our Peace may be changed into war; and our liberty into slavery: but our God doth never change. Time will change customs, families and all things here: but it changeth not our God. The Creatures are all but earthen metal, and quickly dashed in pieces: our comforts are changeable; our selves are changeable and mortal: but so is not our God.

2. It must comfort and encourage all Believers in the consideration of their felicity; and support them under the failings of all mortal, corruptible things. Our Parents, and Children, and Friends are mortal: They are ours to day, and dead to morrow: They are our delight to day, and our sorrow or horrour to morrow▪ But our God is Immortal. Our houses may be burned: Our goods may be consumed or stolne; our cloaths will be worn out; our treasure here may be corrupted. But our God is unchangeable, the same for ever. Our Laws and Customes may be changed; our Governours and Priviledges changed; our company, and employments, and habitation changed: but our God is never changed. Our estates may change from Riches to poverty; and our names that were honoured may incur disgrace. Our health may quickly turn to sickness, and our ease to pain: But still our God is unchangeable for ever. Our friends are unconstant and may turn our enemies: Our Peace may be changed into war; and our liberty into slavery: but our God doth never change. Time will change customes, families and all things here: but it changeth not our God. The Creatures are all but earthen mettal, and quickly dasht in peices: our comforts are changeable; our selves are changeable and mortal: but so is not our God.