t ebefitíott, n tt ®íttt At he, who is only rich in promifes, offer'd to him the c-----hap. I. Monarchy of the World with all its glory, difdain'd LiThr-N-) the offer, and call off Satanwith contempt. The true Rock was unmov'd, and broke` all the proud waves that dafht againft it. 3. It will fully appear that the Difobedience was Voluntary, by confidering what denominates an anion to be fo. The two fprings of humane actions are the I,lnderftanding and Will; and as there is no particular good but may have the appearance of fome difficult unpleafant quality annexed, upon which account the Will may rejen it; fo any particular evil may be fo difguifed by the falte luftre ofgoodnefr, as to encline the Will to receive it. This is clearly verified in Adam's Fall. For a fpecious Objen was connv from through the unguarded Senfe to his Fancy, that to his Underflanding, which by a vicious care- lefnefs neglening to confider the danger, or judging that the excellency of the end did out-weigh the evil of the means, commended it to the Will, and that re- folved to embrace it. It is evident therefore, that the anion which refulted from the direnion of the Mind, and the choice of the Will was abfolutely free. Befides, As the regret that is mixt with ananion is a certain Gharaïler that the perfon is under conflraint; fo the delight that attends it is a clear Evidence that he is free. When the Appetite is drawn by the lure of jam. I.14. Pleafure, the more violent the more voluntary is its motion. Now the reprefentations of the forbidden fruit were under the notion of Pleafure. The Wo oman faw the Fruit was good for food, that is, p rable to the Palate, and pleafant to the Eyes, and to be Gen3. 6. defred to make one wife; that is, to íncreafe Know- ledge which is the pleafure of the Mind, and there Alletlivea drewher into the fnare. Adam with c orc E2 pla en y
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