# “The sovereign perfection of God” by Stephen Charnock

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- Published: 2025-03-12T12:00:00-05:00
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“The sovereign perfection of God (**Matthew 5:48**) is an invincible bar to any 
change in Him; for whichever way you cast it for a change, His supreme excellency
is impaired and nulled by it.”

–Stephen Charnock, [“On the Immutability of God,” in _The Existence and Attributes of God, ed. Mark Jones, Updated and Unabridged, vol. 1 & 2_](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1433565900?tag=toletaupanre-20)(
Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2022), 1: 494.

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