“What comfort would it be to pray to a
God that, like the chameleon, changed colors every day, every moment…The immutability
of God is a strong ground of consolation…and encourages hope and confidence…While
we have Him for our God, we have His immutability, as well as any other
perfection of His nature, for our advantage.
The nearer we come to Him the more stability we shall have in ourselves;
the further from Him, the more liable to change…let us also desire those things
which are nearest to Him in this perfection: the righteousness of Christ, that
shall never wear out; and the grace of the Spirit, that shall never burn out…”
Stephen Charnock, A Golden Treasury of Puritan Devotion
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