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54 OfClod's C9raçiotts Operations on Man's Soul : (i. 8. Whence it is plain that ordinarily All Infufed Habits are fo far alfo Acquired,as that theyfollowmeans and the Ali: But all Acquired Ha- bits are not fuch as are called Infufed. t). 9. Thedifferenceis in this, that Habits are faid to be Infrfed when theHoly cheBoth excite the foul to the All, and by that ,riff unto a retied Habit, byfucha fpecialpowerfullmpul fe as would not follow Gods ordinary operationbymeer natural fecondcaufes. As the Peal fet home on the wax by a ftrong hand maketh adeep impreffion, more thanwhen iss laidon light- ly by a child : fo are facred objects and means and motives when fet home by the fpirit (allowing for thedifferences of the things. ) p. to. Whether in everytrueBeliever affixedHabit of Love infiantane= 00 follow the ffirfi allof true faith, though weak : or whether in many God only give after thefirfl all fo fmall an increafe of the Difpofition, as is lhort of the true natureof ahabit, till increafed by frequent acts, is a cafe that Ithinkmore difficultthan needfulto refolve. O. II. Thatwhich God worketh ininfants, is afeminalfixeddifpofition: But Icannot prove that it is a proper Habit. 0. I a. Whether AdamsNatural fanityor fanliity antecedent tohis firft Ad, was to be calledmore properlyaHabit, or only afeminal difpofition, I leave to others. But if his, and infants be to be called Habits, you mull fay that theyare only certain General Habits, fuch as Health in the Body, and notthofeparticularHabits, which are ftrictlyfo called. 13. Thenature of a Habit is not well known to mortal men. We knowthat it is aPang andfixed Difpofition to prompt and facile aim of this or that fpecial fort. But what that Difpo arionis, wewell know not : That is, whetherit bethe robar of the effential virtues or faculties of the foul, (zntelleliion, will, Aaivity?) Andif fo, wherein that fecond Gra- dus Virtutis, which is not effential differeth from the fill that is ? And whether it be any thing elfe than a ferret confiant Ott, in and by which the foul isexcited to more fenfible alts, its hard to know. But certain I am that befides thofe Allswhich taking in fomewhatofImaginationor fenfe . are ordinarily perceived by us ( which areour ordinary converfation,) the foul hath alto fore deep ferret fixedat-is, which make no ufe offenfe or Imagination,, or none that is obferved; and yet are the ruling alts of the man. Such commonly is the Intentïo finis which operateth conflantly without memory or obfervation in allure of means. As a travaileron his journey keepethonhis way, while he feemeth wholly takenup with theoc. currences, company and talk of his way, and thinketh not fenfibly of his end : And yet had he not an unobferved Intention of it, he wouldnot go on. And night and day the foul hath thisferret infenfblefort of4tiion. p. 14. As when a (parkof fire is blown up to a flame, and the excited Act Both tend to more, and the more it burneth (caterisparibus) themore it is ftrongly inclined to burn ; Andyet noman can fay that here is any newMatter that wasnot before exiftent, nor that the fecond degree of fire is not of the fame nature with thé firft, northat there is any thing but na- ture andaltion which inclineth it to more action ; And yet how the fame effence before not perceived is fuddenlyblown upby Action to fuch obfer- vable appearance andeffeéts, is pall thepower of man to underftand aright: Sofore fuch thing there isin the prefentcafe, allowing for thedifference of natures, and kinds of operation. SECT,

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