...of turning ;' James i. 18. No shadow, no appearance of any such thing. ' I am the Lord,' saith he, ' I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed ;' Mai. iii. 6. The Lord knows, that if any thing in us might prevail with him to alter the "word that is gone out of his...

...unchangeableness of God we are directed to look for our security against L 2 the possibility of disappointment. " I am the Lord ; I change not; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." III. The perfect immutability of God is quite com- • patible with the repentance and the other affections...

...; the reason is, because it is assigned by him as the reason why they were not utterly destroyed : I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. In the beginning of the chapter, he did declare unto them his purpose and decree of sending his only-begotten...

...rejoice over thee." If God is unchangeable, therefore it is, that we are continued in existence. " I am the Lord, — I change not; — therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." Such was the wickedness, — the heavendaring provocations of those, to whom God addressed these words,...

...to us his infinite immutability, as the ground whereon we may expect safety and deliverance : " For I am the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." When we can tbus think of God, and what he is, with delight, it is, I say, an evidence that we have...

...i. 17. with him, that is in his will and purposes ; and himself by his prophet, 'I am the Lord, and I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed ;' Mai. iii. 6. where he proveththe not changing of his gracious purposes, because he is the Lord ; the eternal acts...

...unchangeableness of God we are directed to look for our security against the possibility of disappointment. "lam the Lord; I change not ; therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." III. The perfect immutability of God is quite compatible with the repentance and the other affections...

...formed the earth and the woild : even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. a Mai. iii. Ç. For I am the Lord, I change not : therefore, ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. James i. 17. Every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father...

...is altogether in the creation, the Creator remains the same in his whole adorable nature. He says, "I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are nut consumed." God loved the sons of Jacob with an unchangeable love, but he never loves sin ; therefore...

...and enforced in the eighth Essay. " We are taught in the word of truth, that God is unchangeable. " I am the Lord, I change not, therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed." (Mai. iii. 6.) So of his love to his people we are informed, that " having loved his own which were in the world,...