A Sermon Preached at White-hall, Novemb. 2. 1617

              A 4 sermon preached at malre white malze whitehall hall laii noveme novemb 2 r6r7 l6iy PSAL psal55ip 555 19 BECA BECAUSE USE THEY HA HAVE VE NO CHANGES THEREFORE THEY FEAR NOT GOD N A PRISON where men witherd wisherd witherd in a close and perpetual imprison- ment IN in a galley where men were chaind chainda to a laborious and perpetual slavery in places where any change that could come would put them in a better state then they were before this might seem a fitter text then in a court where every man having set his foot or placd placa his hopes upon the present happy state and blessed government every man is rather to be presumd presumed to love god because there are no changes then to take occasion of murmuring at the con stancie of gods goodness towards us but because the first murmuring at their present condition the first innovation that ever was was in heaven the angels kept not their first estate though as princes are gods so their well governd governa courts are copies and representa- tions of heaven yet the copy cannot be better then the original and therefore as heaven it self had so all courts will ever have some persons that are under the increpation of this text that be- cause they have no changes therefore they fear not god at least if I1 shall meet with no conscience that finds in himself a guiltiness of this sin if I1 shall give him no occasion of repentance yet I1 shall give him occasion of praysing preysing praysing and magnifying that gracious god which hath preservd preserved him from such sins as other men have fallen into though he have not for I1 shall let him see first the dangerous slip- periness periness the concurrence the incidence coincidence co of sins that a habit and custom of sin slips easily into that dangerous degree of obduration that men come to sin upon reason they find a quia quia3 gula guia quiala cause a reason