<p>Me thinkes, that Fate, which God weighs forth to all,<lb/> I, by the Figure of this Even-Skale,<lb/> May partly show; and, let my Reader, see<lb/> The state, of an Immutable-decree ;<lb/> And, how it differs, from those Destinies,<lb/> Which carnall understandings, doe devise.<lb/> For, this implies, that ev'ry thing, to-come,<lb/> Was, by a steady, and, by equall doome,<lb/> Weigh'd out, by Providence ; and, that, by Grace,<lb/> Each thing, each person, ev'ry time, and place,<lb/> Had thereunto, a powre, and portion given,<lb/> So proper to their nature (and, so even<lb/> To that just measure, which, aright became<lb/> The Workings, and, the being, of the same)<lb/> As, best might helpe the furthering of that end,<lb/> Which, God's eternall wisedome, doth intend.<lb/> And, though, I dare not be so bold, as they,<lb/> Who, of God's Closer, seeme to keep the Key ;<lb/> (And, things, for absolute Decrees, declare,<lb/> Which, either false, or, but Contingents are)<lb/> Yet, in his Will-reveal'd, my Reason, sees<lb/> Thus much, of his Immutable-decrees :<lb/> That, him, a Doome-eternall, reprobateth,<lb/> Who scorneth Mercie ; or, Instruction hateth,<lb/> Without Repenting : And, that, whensoever,<lb/> A Sinner, true amendment, shall indeavour;<lb/> Bewaile his Wickednesse, and, call for grace ;<lb/> There shall be, for Compassion, time, and place.<lb/> And, this, I hold, a branch of that Decree,<lb/> Which, Men may say, shall never changed be. </p>

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