CHAP. 16. God is vnchangeable.
1. FOr fully, as in thy selfe thou art; thou onely knowest; thou, who ART vnchangeably, and know est vnchangeably, and willest vn∣changeably. And thy essence both knoweth, and willeth vnchangeably. And thy know∣ledge
Saint Augustines confessions translated: and with some marginall notes illustrated. Wherein, diuers antiquities are explayned; and the marginall notes of a former Popish translation, answered. By William Watts, rector of St. Albanes, Woodstreete
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Is, & wills vnchangea∣bly: and thy will Is▪ & knows vnchangeably. Nor seemes it right in thine eyes, that in the same manner as an vnchange∣able light knoweth it selfe, so it should be known of a thing changeable, that receiues light from another. My soule is therefore like a land where no water is, because that as it * 1.1 cannot of it selfe enlighten it selfe, so can it not of it selfe sa∣tisfie it selfe. For so is the foun∣taine of life with thee, like as in thy light we shall see light. * 1.2
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Psal. 143. 6
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Psal. 36. 9