52 Of god's Gracious Operations on Man's Soul: 6. The Habit ordinarily procureth followingads, by the way of Incli- nation: butnotneceffarilynorahv ayes. For byffrongternptations,Habitr areoft born down. 28. If thequeflion then be, whence Gods Grace is 4ptitudinally and Potentiallyeffrcacioss (able and fit to effet`te) It is becaufe God is God that he is Able ; andhis Impeelfe is fuch becaufe hemaketh itfilch: And if thequeftionbe, whence Grace is Altually efficient of its fiefs ef- fect ( the Impulfet ) It is becaufe God will fo do ; and his will hath no Caufe, being the firft Cade. And if thequeftionbe, whence Grace is Actuallyefficient of mansfàith It is by its Impellingman to believe. But if you ask, whence faith it felfis; or of what caufe is it aneffec`l I anfwer, of Godas the fiefs caufe, and the Means as his Inftrument, and of the Believer as a feefecond caufe. And if the queftion be, Why fuflrcient Grace which is %pascal adPof fie is not effet;`ual ad altere ? It is becaufe ( being but fuffrcient,) mans In difpofition and wilful neglea or volition, maketh him an unfit Re- ceiver. 0.29. There being nothing then but Gods effence ( and the means) antecedent to the firft effect on the foul, and that /eel ever following whereGod worketh : and the fecond effect being the effeft both of God ( by the firft) and of man as a free agent, the questions, uncle eff,cacia GPratia, and uncleeffettua,are thus healingly anfiveted. ?i. 3o. Obj. But the will of God is thef'tfl dferencing and effectual Caufe : Andthat notan it ie his ejfence, but rait is terminatedon the Crea- tureand decreethfuch an lea. Anfw. I. It is no will but his offence which is fo terminatedor decre- tine. a. That termination maketh no difference at all that's real in the willof God, but only in the effe& or objeét. 3. What is the difference thenbetween Gods will (imply in it [elf, and as willingfrom eternity a thing notyet exPent? None really at all. And that winch es not yet, being Nothing; what Relative,Connotative and Denominative difference fuchNothings can make on thewill of God, befides the variety of imper- fect notionsin mans frail Intelle&, let thewife confider. a. 3 t. From whenceit is that School-divines after 1lugufine fay, that with God there is no futurum velpruteritum, no/are-knowledge or fore-de- crees, properly,becaufe nodifference of time, but only knowledge and will of things as prefent. 0.3 a. Yet Gods Vital Activity,Knowledge and will as he himfelf is the objeâ of them, have a Greater diftinEtion ; becaufe to be felf- living, felf- knowing and felf-loving are his Effential Ads on himfelf the eternal ob- je& ( which made many Ancients account them theTrinity of pedals. ) And alfotwill an exigent Creature is an extrinfick denomination from exifience : But to will that which ie not, ( that man¡hall be, that he ¡hall believe hereafter, 01-e. ) as it is nothing really different from Gods effnce, fo itis but an extrinfick denominationof hisefíènce, from nothing. SECT.
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