The Art of Divine Contentment

4. He is a Faithful friend^*; and he is faithful, 1. In his Promises, In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie hath promised^*. Gods people are children that will not lie^*; but God is a God that cannot lie; he will not deceive the faith of his ⟨p. 83⟩people; nay, he cannot: he is called [Greek or Hebrew], the Truth; he can as well cease to be God, as cease to be true. The Lord may sometimes change his Promise, (as when he converts a temporal Promise into a spiritual;) but he can never break his Promise.

4. He is a Faithfull friend^*; and he is faithfull, 1. In his Promises, In hope of eternall life, which God that cannot lie hath promised^*. Gods people are childen that will not lie^*; but God is a God that cannot lie; he will not deceive the faith of his ⟨p. 83⟩people; nay, he cannot: he is called 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, the Truth; he can as well cease to be God, as cease to be true. The Lord may sometimes change his Promise, (as when he converts a temporall Promise into a spirituall;) but he can never breake his Promise.

1. *Deut. 7. 9, 10.
2. *Tit. 1. 2.
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