Me thinkes, that _Fate_, which _God_ weighs forth to all, I, by the _Figure_ of this _Even-Skale_, May partly show; and, let my _Reader_, see The state, of an _Immutable-decree_; And, how it differs, from those _Destinies_, Which carnall understandings, doe devise. For, this implies, that ev’ry thing, _to-come_, Was, by a steady, and, by equall _doome_, Weigh’d out, by _Providence_; and, that, by _Grace_, Each _thing_, each _person_, ev’ry _time_, and _place_, Had thereunto, a _powre_, and _portion_ given, So proper to their nature (and, so even To that just _measure_, which, aright became The _Workings_, and, the _being_, of the same) As, best might helpe the furthering of that _end_, Which, _God’s_ eternall _wisedome_, doth intend. And, though, I dare not be so bold, as they, Who, of _God’s_ Closet, seeme to keep the _Key_; (And, things, for absolute _Decrees_, declare, Which, either _false_, or, but _Contingents_ are) Yet, in his _Will-reveal’d_, my _Reason_, sees Thus much, of his _Immutable-decrees_: That, him, a _Doome-eternall_, reprobateth, Who scorneth _Mercie_; or, _Instruction_ hateth, Without _Repenting_: And, that, whensoever, A _Sinner_, true _amendment_, shall indeavour; Bewaile his _Wickednesse_, and, call for _grace_; There shall be, for _Compassion_, time, and place. And, this, I hold, a branch of that _Decree_, Which, Men may say, shall _never changed be_. _My =Fortune=, I had rather beare; Then come, where greater perills are._ [Illustration: DETERIVS FORMIDO. ILLVSTR. XXXIV. _Book. 2_]