Immutability or No?

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In reading through Blake's poems, I consistently question something about his beliefs. Though I enjoy Blake's poetry above many other poets, I don't think he believes in the immutability of God. Let me first clarify, God is loving, compassionate, etc... BUT to give Him a malleable essence, that is one that can be changed via a cause-effect relationship is not orthodox in the slightest. Blake might not believe this, for there are some aspects of God, especially in poetry, that are sometimes portrayed in ways that are not scriptural in order to make a point, but Blake seems to do so quite often. No poem seems to do this more than "On Another's Sorrow." Consider these lines:
"He doth give His joy to all:

He becomes an infant small,
He becomes a man of woe,
He doth feel the sorrow too.
Think not thou canst sigh a sigh,
And thy Maker is not by:
Think not thou canst weep a tear,
And thy Maker is not near.
O He gives to us His joy,
That our grief He may destroy:
Till our grief is fled and gone
He doth sit by us and moan."

Thoughts would be welcome. Just an observation that sparked curiosity on Blake's actual theological views.

P.s. I commented on Carmen and Trey's posts.

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  1. Phillip VoOctober 9, 2017 at 11:52 PM

    I definitely agree that God was, is, and will always be himself, his qualities forever stable and not changing according to humanity. I do believe that God decided to take on humanity in become man and suffering for us, which is what I think he meant in the poem above. However I am not completely familiar with all of his poetry, so more of it may do what you refer to when you say he may not believe in the immutability of God.

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