And the Sub-operations of lV1ìsn's. t !s the glafs window, and .each maketh fome alteration as to the'cfeâ on se ; fo is it in this cafe: 7. 4. Butthe notable limitation is the foref< id Indif} olti e' of the Receiver. Every eye hath a tunicle which theSuns light mull penetrate But he that hath a fuffufion, or he that winketb, bath agreater.mpcdi- mentto limit the tfct: fois it. with , thevarious dcgrccs of! .dJiroer or moral incapacity, which yet be nothing if God didwork ad a' file, and did not as aforefaid, work according to his free r, i 1 and ce of cauces. SECT. VII.. ' Of the Re f ffibility of Giace: .0. t; o ReffIGrace figniñeth, ï. Either Not-to Receive it P f- M R,kdatol.Dei;chfp i8; fively *, as a "ftone receiveth not the rain ad inter ; or as ovl' eeh /. i87. iniu1Ás refifteth water ; or hard things receive not impreons as the fofr. a. ore to its ,'aEio rotalis in- Not- to-Receivle-AFíkallÿ ; which is Receptio Mora/is ; as a man receiveth chsdi gnot änly the ^vis aat caofalitas effefrival not a. gift who cenfenteth not ; "or as he reffteth the light who will not"- hntalfo the formalrea. open his' eyes : Thebare Not-c000fenting with the will, or not wing the) ton., of V litio efitav , fences or organs, not opening the hand, &c. is filch a Refifiing. 3. Or 'rcienéenof fúure e crn anAttive oppofition, which is more. As a man refifteth an Enemy, (withirtingents : And fo he heart or hand ) ; or a than by /Volition, and not only A7on-volition rej t faith, It isnever refitted. t z. Secondatopartialem e/o fifteth a fuiter. inakevestam ratinnem .. a. Mans finful foul RefflethGods graciousoperations, all therew ayes:' procife at inf.; efficient a. It is Paffively become kndifpófed toReception: Andthus he is laid to r eTodrprow"Q ertimoti- have a hard heart offtone , and a feared confcience , and to be dead va & ro,.ferr t ,far fe= and pall feeling, Eph.4. 18, 19. & 2. I, a. ' a. It dothnot dowhat it't 'ndas,drpeta recesepsm, ab/hahendo i forma!i,ma can do morally CO receive grace, that is, it doth not Coríari or [ oferente ,r.;riope7Totitioninepitac,,, it felfto be willing of it. 3. Yea,it doth Poftively "refft by :Ac'ioon, and gn.egaidditarisè fapponit is unwilling of Gods, gracious operations : And this is twofold a. By jp7ile ra , prmfcientirc, u'-t. Et it2 willing the contrary, and profecuting carnal intereft, over- loving theplea- etlam in feafn tompofta fures :of the ftefh, and fo turning away from the motions ofgrace, a. And toot fora fa 1aó il- therefore by an enmity to that grace and work, which would t convert procifes ab ario f tondo; him, and take himoff his chofen Idols. pole/ non fortiri Odium. t Bradwardineh. r. c. r. i1. 3. No creature by refilling God, Both abate òr retknd hìseffential' cor. 8.'.5,proveth that Power or Activity, nor make anything properly' difficult to him. Gods will is nniverfatiter All the Elect re r Grace before it overcome and convert them : ea' et ut clot, fora . ¢. ff fs qut ,defecïibilis And all our lives after we refrf it toocommonly when it exciteth untodu- which sot grant as torig à and draweth us from fin. will as it is efficient and y, not meetly final and *. S. He that repenteth notof hisRefffitgofGills spiritandGracé,doth complacite: Butyet the not underfland and well repent of hisfin. . Schootmen thatfay, he il 6. All Re in isnot Overcoming: 411 Re z grace, but all overtime not ivolens; give rc%- ll frft g fft b fon for it., it not, that is, do not fruftrate it as to the due effell. , .. r. There.are feveral Degrees ofyieldingto Gods motions and opera tions, and fo feveral degrees of overcoming. He isfully overcome by it, who yieldeth to it wholly; He overcometh it in fornepart, who yielneth to it but inpart. And becaufe Gods grace moveth us to more than we ordinarily yield to, therefore we do ordinarily overcome it in too great meafure, evenwhen we are happily Overcome by ¡t. pp
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