God has not only said it, but given it us under his hand, left it upon record; to be a witness for us: this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son, John 5.11. and we may quietly rely on this: it is impossible that the promise of God should fail of its accomplishment: God is faithful 1 Thes, 5.23. he is very faithful, Psal. 119.138. his faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds, Psal. 36.5. it endureth for ever, Psal. 117.2. God can't forget his word; sometimes the memories of men don't serve to keep their promises; things slip out of their remembrance, but God is not subject to any such infirmity, ⟨p. 104⟩he always minds his covenant, Psal. 111.5. his promises are all written on his heart, no tract of time can wear them out of his remembrance: he has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, Psal. 105.8. God is unchangeable, men are fickle and inconstant, in one mind to day, and another to morrow: sometimes men change their minds out of mere fickleness, sometimes from the change of their condition, or divers appearances in providences, but God is not subject to any mutation: his purposes are more firm, than mountains of brass: he says repentance shall be hid from his eyes, Hos. 13.14. God is perfectly holy, and therefore cannot fail of his word: men having a principle of sin in them, may be out-bid to neglect the fulfilling of their promises; but there is not the least spark of unholiness in God; holiness is his nature, Isa 6.3. yea such is the perfection of Gods nature, that he is not liable to those temptations to speak false that men are, men sometime speak false out of fear; they fear the anger and contempt of men: but God fears none; men sometimes speak false in hope of gain: Jacob lies to get the blessing, Gehezi to enrich himself, but God is not capable to gain any thing by the creature: men sometimes speak false that they may appear better than they are, but it is impossible that God should appear more gracious and glorious than he is: men sometimes decline the fulfilling of their promises, because it proves difficult to do it, or brings some unthought of inconveniences upon them; but every thing is easy to God, every thing is known unto him before the foundation of the world: God having engaged salvation to believers;
God has not only said it, but given it us under his hand, left it upon record; to be a witness for us: this is the record that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son, John 5.11. and we may quietly rely on this: it is impossible that the promise of God should fail of its accomplishment: God is faithful 1 Thes, 5.23. he is very faithful, Psal. 119.138. his faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds, Psal. 36.5. it endureth for ever, Psal. 117.2. God can't forget his word; sometimes the memories of men don't serve to keep their promises; things slip out of their remembrance, but God is not subject to any such infirmity, ⟨p. 104⟩he always minds his covenant, Psal. 111.5. his promises are all written on his heart, no tract of time can wear them out of his remembrance: he has remembred his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations, Psal. 105.8. God is unchangeable, men are fickle and inconstant, in one mind to day, and another to morrow: sometimes men change their minds out of meer fickleness, somtimes from the change of their condition, or divers appearances in providences, but God is not subject to any mutation: his purposes are more firm, than mountains of brass: he says repentance shall be hid from his eyes, Hos. 13.14. God is perfectly holy, and therefore cannot fail of his word: men having a principle of sin in them, may be out-bid to neglect the fulsilling of their promises; but there is not the least spark of unholiness in God; holiness is his nature, Isa 6.3. yea such is the perfection of Gods nature, that he is not liable to those temptations to speak false that men are, men sometime speak false out of fear; they fear the anger and contempt of men: but God fears none; men sometimes speak false in hope of gain: Jacob lies to get the blessing, Gehezi to enrich himself, but God is not capable to gain any thing by the creature: men sometimes speak false that they may appear better than they are, but it is impossible that God should appear more gracious and glorious than he is: men sometimes decline the fulfilling of their promises, because it proves difficult to do it, or brings some unthought of inconveniencies upon them; but every thing is easie to God, every thing is known unto him before the foundation of the world: God having engaged salvation to believers;
