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A90521	The Scriptures stability or, the Scripture cannot be broken. Proved, explained, and several wayes applied, whereby all Scripture may with singular advantage come to be improved. Very seasonable and usefull in these last and worst dayes, wherein the authority and truth of the Scripture is now much oppugned, and by few so improved as it ought. By Robert Perrot, B.M. and minister of Gods word, at Deane in Bedfordshire.	R. P. (Robert Perrot)	1658 (1658)	Wing P1646; Thomason E1928_2; ESTC R209990	89,342	222

and is not communicable to any creature in heaven or earth and as it doth denote as concerning God that he hath his being of himself as also that he gives being to all creatures so likewise that he gives being to what he speaks and doth fully accomplish and make good the same that he is most true in his promises his threatnings and in his Prophecies and makes them as really in their time to be as if they were already as himself is so he makes all to be and to be brought about that he speaks and hence it is an ordinary thing in Scripture that when the Lord promises or threatens any great matter he useth to adjoyn thereto this name Iehovah as a firm Seal and pledge of performing it as in the 31. Ier. it is observed that in that Chapter where are made many great and pretious promises the name Iehovah is used above twenty times and so oft do we meet with these expressions thus saith the Lord and I the Lord have sp●ken it and for the Lord hath spoken it and ye shall know that I am the Lord ●zek 6. 10. and they shall know that I am the Lord and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evill unto them a word is then in vain when it is not fulfilled but thus shall none of Gods words be but shall be accomplished because the Lord hath spoken them so v. 13. 14. So 7 4 9 27. 21. 17. 24. 14 27 c. Reas 4 Because it is the Scripture of that God who is unchangeable who is still in one mind and therefore what he saith he will do what he speaks shall certainly come to passe Mal. 3. 6. for I am the Lord I change not a Deus semper idem idem perpetuo manet and as God himself is unchangeable so all that is in God is unchangeable for this saith one is an attribute that like a Silken string thorow a Chain of Pearls runneth thorow all the rest God is un changeable in his essence in all his divine attributes in his purposes and decrees yea and in his promises and threatnings so as they cannot but be performed for I am the Lord I change not men they change their minds alter they are of one mind it may be to day and of another to morrow and so what they purpose is many times not performed but it is not so with God he changes not nay with him saith the Apostle Iames 1. 17 is no variableness nor shadow of turning he is still constant and continues the same yesterday to day and for ever and therefore he will perform and bring to pass what he hath spoken both according to his promises and according to his threatnings I am the Lord I change not therefore ye Sons of Iacob are not consume● which some interpret thus b though ye Sons of Iacob a Duplex potest elici expositio quamvis nondum ●stis consumpti ego tamen non mutor vel supersti●es manetis quia rationem habeo naturae meae potius quam rependere vobis quod meriti estis Calv. in Locum are not consumed yet I change not I am the same Lord and ye shall find so in the end however because I forbear you long you may deem otherwise but at length know ye that all shall come to passe and not one thing shall fall to the ground howsoever it be not so speedily as you think executed yet it shall in its time others thus you have deserved over and over again to be consumed and considering your demerits it may seem a wonder I have not done it but that it is thus it is because of me and my nature that I am Iehovah and change not and so will perform what I have promised be as good as my word and this Balaam himself is forced to confess Numb 23. 19. God is not a man that he should lye neither the Son of man that he should repent hath he said and shall he not do it hath he spoken and shall he not make it good for he is in one mind saith Iob and who can turn him and what his soul desireth even that he doth this notes the Job 23 13 stability unchangeableness of God he is alwayes like himself fixt and constant to his own purposes and to the dictates of his own will and wisdom and therefore the Scripture being the Scripture of that God which is unchangeable it cannot be broken but as he continues still the same so likewise doth that Reas 5 Because it is the Scripture of that God who is every way able and hath full and all-sufficient power to accomplish what ever he speaks be it matter of promise or matter of threatning what ever it be he is I say every way able to accomplish it is any thing too hard for the Lord ah Lord God saith Jer. 32. 19 the Prophet Ier. thou hast made the heavens and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm and there is nothing too hard for thee I know saith Iob that thou canst do every thing and that no thought can be with-holden from thee Iob. 42. 2. that is thou dost not want power to bring to pass what ever thou hast said or decreed no be it what it will seem it never so difficult thou art able to bring it to pass and no thought of thine can be hindred i. e. thou canst not be hindred from doing what ever thou purposest or intendest to do no the Councel of the Lord standeth for ever the thoughts of his heart to all generations for the Lord of hosts hath purposed and who shall disanul it and his hand is stretched out and who shall turn it back Isay 14. 28. Men indeed many times purpose and resolve and say what they will do I but cannot effect it cannot bring it about why because they are frail creatures and want power or are hindred by a greater so that their hands cannot effect what their heads have contrived a greater than themselves disappoints them Iob. 5. 12. he disappointeth the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise in the 23. Acts 12 we find there certain of the Jewes banding together and binding themselves under a curse saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had kill●d Paul and there were more than forty which had made this conspiracy I but their hands could not perform their enterprise if they had not eaten nor drunk till they had killed Paul they must have starved why because a greater force than themselves rescued and delivered him out of their hands but who can deliver out of the hands of God none as the Prophet Isay expresses it Isay 43. 13. yea before the day was I am he and there is none that can deliver out of my hands no not all the creatures in heaven and in earth should they joyn their power and force together and it follows I

will Work and who shall let it or turn it back or reverse it who indeed certainly none no all the power in heaven and carth cannot in the least hinder him from accomplishing his work what he hath spoken in his word no he is above all obstacles of men or devils there is no putting of a barr in his way so as that there should not be an accomplishing of his word c He hath broken the gares of Brass and cut the barrs of Iron assunder Psa 107. 16. Amos. 4. 5 Isay 40. 17. no I will work and who shall let none could ever take up this challenge and say I I will let no for lo it is he who formeth the Mountains and createth the wind and declareth unto man what is his thought that maketh the morning darkness and treadeth upon the high places of the earth the Lord the God of Hosts is his name all Nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity so that by the greatness of his might for that he is strong in power not one of his words shall fail the greatest Mountains before him shall become a plain Psal 2. 6. there was a great combination of the Princes and potentates of the earth to keep Christ from the throne yet for all that saith God I have set my King upon my holy Hill of Zion And secondly as men are frail so they quickly fail and so their enterprises fail with them Psal 146. 4. his breath goeth forth he returneth to his earth in that very day his thoughts perish and therefore put not your trust in greatest in Princes for what ever their thoughts and intentions promises or purposes may be to do this or that alas their breath goeth forth and they immediately perish and therefore cease ye saith the Prophet from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of or what can he do his breath goeth forth and he soon perisheth But now the Lord as he is the mighty God so he is the living God I lift up my hand to heaven and say I live for ever Deut. 32. 40. He lives for ever to see what he hath said accomplished and therefore saith the Apostle it is a Heb. 10. 30 fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God as an adversary as one against whom God threatens indignation and wrath vengeance and woe why because he is a living God and so for ever lives to execute what he hath threatned as Gods eternity his living for ever doth exceedingly sweeten and make pretious and most comfortable the promises so it makes as terrible his threatnings thus the Scripture cannot be broken because it is the Scripture of that God who is of so great and infinite power every way able to accomplish what he speaks and this was the ground of Abrahams not staggering at the promise of God through unbelief his being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform Rom. 4. 20 21. he staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief but was strong in faith giving glory unto God and being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able to perform and upon this ground happy is he pronounced that hath the God of Jacob for his help and whose hope is in the Lord because of his power and ability as well as his truth and faithfulness to perform what ere he promises Psal 146. 5 6. Reas 6 That the Scripture cannot be broken it appears and is proved from experience and by an induction of several particulars this is that which experience in all ages hath and still doth evidence to the truth of to which we may appeal As concerning that destruction of the old world did not God do what he said was he not as good as his word so concerning bringing Israel out of Egypt that 's very observable to this purpose which we read Exod. 12. 40 41. now the sojourning of the Children of Israel which dwelt in Egypt were 430. years and it came to pass at the end of the 430. years even the self same day it came to pass that all the Hosts of the Lord went out from the Land of Egypt So I might instance as concerning Iudahs bringing into Babylon was not God as good as his word as themselves were forc'd to acknowledge Lam. 2. 17. the Lord hath done that which he had devised he hath fulfilled the word he had commanded in the dayes of old and Lam. 4. 12. the Kings of the Earth would not have believed the enemy should enter into the gates of Ierusalem but no matter for that God having said it though they would not have believed it yet it was accomplished And so for Iudahs bringing out of captivity out of Babylon which he promised Ier. 29. 10. And this seemed so difficult and a thing so hard to be effected that the Lord appeals to his own heart the more to assure them of it v. 11. for I know the thoughts that I think towards you saith the Lord thoughts of peace and not of evill to give you an expected end and Psal 126. 1. when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion we were like them that dream we could scarce believe we were delivered though we were delivered I but how difficult and unlikely soever it seemed yet being promised it was performed and so as concerning the ruine of Ierusalem afterward Luke 19. 43 44. was not all fulfilled Thus the proof of this point is proved by long experience d Scripturae si verae fuerunt praedictiones rerum futurarum ut eventus comprobavit cur vera non sint rerum praesentium testimonia Rivit page 20. Isag c. it was never yet known in any age but what God spake came to pass there is no instance to be given to the contrary and this is that which indeed God himself appeals unto Zachary 1. 5 6. your Fathers where are they and the Prophets do they live for ever this seems to be spoken by way of concession e Quod dicit patres vestri ubi sunt prophetae an in perpetuum vivunt per concessionem positum est quasi diceret fateor patres vestros prophetas meos jam mortuos esse sed verba mea an mortua sunt distinguit in summum deus naturam verbi sui ab hominum conditione quasi diceret hominum vitam caducam esse finiri paucis annis sed doctrinam suam nunquam intermori Calv Zach. 1. 5 6. Quum ergo effectū doctrinae meae senseritis in vestris patribus cur non statuitis apud vos quum idem semper sim non posse fieri ut hodie verba mea frustra diffluant careant omni effectu Idem ibidem your Fathers indeed as also the Prophets are dead and gone they have made their beds in the grave I but mark what followes v. 6. but my