Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

5. The Promises of a joyful resurrection from the dead are grounded upon the Immutability of God, Matth. 22. 32. I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; God is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living. Death hath made a great change upon them, but none upon their God; though they be not, he is still the same, therefore they are not lost in death; but shall assuredly be found again in the resurrection.

6. To conclude, the promises of the Saints eternal happiness with God in Heaven, are founded in his Immutability, 1 Cor. 1. 8, 9. Tit. 1. 2. By all which you see what a pleasant lodging is prepared for the Saints in the unchangeable promises of God, amidst all the changes and alterations here below.

2. Once more, let us view the unchangeableness of God in his Providences towards his people, whatever changes it makes upon us, or whatever changes we seem to discern in it, nothing is more certain than this, that it holds one and the sam• tenor, pursues one and the same design in all that it doth upon us, or about us. Providences indeed are very variable, but the designs and ends of God in them all are invariable, and the same for ever. It is noted in Ezek. 1. 12. that The wheels went straight forward, whither the spirit was to go, they went, and they turned not when they went. As it is in Nature so in Providence, you have one day fair, halcyon, and bright, another dark and full of storm, one season h•t, another cold; but all these serve to one and the same end and design to make the earth fruitful; and the aim of all Providences is to make you holy and happy: That is a sweet Promise,