Of Free-will. and matter with he could fee evidence of truthand believe i t 5 And is not able, till he fee it. And a Believer that believeth it weakly, may with tobelieve it more ftrongly than he can. 3. One that confenteth not to leave his luth for Chrift, mayknow fo much of the wifdom and happinefs ofthofe that can confent, as towithhe had Inch a Will himfelf, and that he were oneof them : And yet may be morally unable, that is, unwilling foto do. For it'sone thing towill Chriii and Holinefs for it felf and God, and it's another thing to willto have filch a Will. A mans ownWill maybe the Object of his Will, for fear of punifhment, and fo he may with thathe had abetter heart, left he bedamned ; when yet he loveth not Holinefs for it felf. In a word, r. He that willeth God, Holinefs, Chrift, as they are , as better than all the World. 2. Andthat with a ferious effectual Will, 'hall bave what he willeth: And he that willeth fuch a Will, as part ofGods holy Image, and for it fell, above the pleafuresof his Fleth, (hall have it, yea already bath it. But a man may will fucha Will, yea and Chrift, andGodhimfelf, in a falfe notion, as minim malum, as not fobad as Hell, but lets amiable than finful pleafures, and yet be gracelefs, and undifpofed to be- lieve. The reft I pretermit, XXXVI. The Intellect, as fuch underfiandeth neceffarily per modem naturæ: And therefore as fuch, its difpofitïon or indifpofition isnot mo- rally good or evil ; And as it bath no freedom, fo thefe habits or difpo- litions are but the accidental perfe&ions or imperfections of anatural power, and participateof thenatural neceflity of that power : But the fame Intellect, fofar asit isunder the power of the Will, and imperate, is thefubject of moral actsand habits; and fo as fecondarily moral, they are fecondarily free. XXXVII. To conclude, as Augufline faith, We ufe in common fpeech to'diftinguifh Power andWill: and from one we fay, Men are able, and cando this or that: and from the other we fay, They will or will not. And both habitual or difpofitive and anal willingnefr or unwillingnefe is not called ufually Strength or Power, but Will: The Will it felf hath its proper power towill, for it is a natural faculty : But its habits and aEis are better known by the name ofmillingnefr andunmillingnefs, than ofpower. If thereforemenwoulddo as Scripture doth, ufuallyexprefs moral habits andacts by thefe their belt known names, and when we ufe the terms of Power, Can and Cannot , would do it fo rarely and ex- plainedly as to be underftood, that it is nothing but moral willingnef and unmillingnefs thatwemean, it would do much to end all this Con- troverfie. For he that is puzzled with the queftion ( unexplained) [Whether anUnbeliever canbelieve, and havepower to repent :"] would quickly be fatis&ed if the queftion were [ Whether he be willing habitu- ally, or allually to believe and repent.) And he that is flailed with the queftion, [Cana Sinner leave his Sin, and love Goodnef ? ] would eafily anfwer, [ Whether he be willing to do it ? ] Yea and [Whether he be dif pofed or inclinedto it ? ] Yea and [Whether he have a natural faculty of willing, 'whichquoadpotentiam naturalem can dootherwife ?] A. " Ton have been.fa tedious and numerous in your Dillinmions and! " Obfervations, that noplainman is able tofollow you. Do you think that "poor Chriftians muff be puzled with all this, and loll ina multitude of " diftinitions, before they can know the truth, Whether a man can believe s° and repent, or not ?
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