34. My covenant will I not break. It is
his own covenant. He devised it, drew up the draft of it, and voluntarily
entered into it; he therefore thinks much of it. Nor alter the thing that isgone out of my lips. Alterations and afterthoughts belong to short-sighted
human beings who meet with unexpected events which operate upon them to change
their minds, but the Lord who sees everything from the beginning has no such
reason for shifting his ground. He is besides immutable in his nature and
designs, and cannot change in heart, and therefore not in promise. It is
evident he takes pleasure in that most ancient and solemn contract. If it were
conceivable that he had repented ot it, he would not be found dwelling upon it,
and repeating it with renewed emphasis.
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