Will is become defiit,ute ( in its cenuptcd tlate ) of .the power of J)ivimt Lov!, or an Inclination to God-and holy rhin!jS, whidt.filOuld i countermand the fcduchon of· c~rnal objects. 4· And the wt– drrfia,ding is much dellitutc of the Li?ht that lhould lead them h•gher. 5• Beca~le the · r~ge of •he-corrupted appetite IS non fcducmg Jl, Mark therefore for the nght undcrflandmg of thiS our greatdl malady. · · . . §. 6. 1. That the noill nevq defireth evil as evil, but as a carnal or a fum.ng ~.,d. ;· Nor doth 1t b:ltr good as good 1 but as afemzing e:~iJ, becaufeGod and ;,ra~:.e do feem to be h1s enemtes and to hurt him, by-hindering l1im ohhe good of carna~pleafurt wh1ch•he now preferreth. 3• Nay, at the fame lime th•t lie lovctb evil as it pliajftb the flelh, he bathna•uraUy a~ a man fo~e averfenefs to1t, f~ far as he apprcbmdetlf it to be Evil : And when he batelh God and holnu{s as evll, for hmdermg horn of his camal pieafore, he naturaUy loveth them fo far as_he apprehel\deth th~ill tobt good.. So that the~e ls fnme love to.God and good, and fame bamd to tvtl m.the ungodly: For whtle M~n IS Man, he W!ll have Naturally an Inclina#on togood as good, ·and 3:.gainfi~evj~~s tvi/. 4:· But the apprthtnfion of flnfi-– til't ·gowl is thejlrongejl in hilT!, and the apprchrnhen olfP""~al good IS weakefl; and therefore the will receiving a greater iiT!prefs from theCarnal Appetite and. Mind, than from the weak apprehenfi– ons of !piritual good, is more inclined to that ~hich indeed JS worfi ; and fo thm~s car~al have got the dominion or chief commanding inrerefi in the.foul. 5· Note alfo, rhar fin recetveth 1ts formt~lity or moral evil firfi in the wiU, and not in the InttUea or fmfitivt appttilt: (For it. is not fin, till it be pofitively or privatively, immediately or mediatcly.voluntary;) But the fir{! mot<ons to fin arc not m the wiU, but in the.fenfttive appetil!; Though there"! firjl it b: not formaUy .fin. 6. Note, that nei. ther InteUea,Objea, Appetilt, or Stnfr, nmflit41t naturally the wzU to fin, but 1t remame!b the firft m the fin and guilt. . 9· 'J· lt is a maner of gr~at difficult) to underfiand hOW fin fir]! mmd into the innocc~t foul : And it is of great impurtance, l>e~aufe an error here is of dangerous confeq~ence. Two forts feem to me to make God fo much the neceffitatingcaufe of Adams firfl fin(and foofall fin)as that it was as naturally .;mpoffible for Adam to have forborn itaceording totheirdo61rine,as to have conquered God. ,.Thole that atfert the Dominican immediate Phyfical pre-determining pre-motion: (which no created power can 'refiR.) 2. And thofe that fay the WiUa61s as Neceffitattdby the btttUea in all its A61s (and fo is ne– cef!itttted in a \I itsOmifffons) ; and that the lnttUea is nmffitotedby Obje[is ( as, no doubt, it is, unlefs ·as·its acts.are Jub imptrio vol:mtatis); and all thofc obje[is are caufed and difpofed of by God. But it is certain that God is not tbt: caufe offin; and therefore thiscerttJimy ovor·ru1eth rhe cafe againft thtfe Tenets. · ,§. 8. At prefent·it fcemeth to me, thatfot entred in this ll).<thod. I· Sen.fe perceiveth the forbid– den thing : · 2· The appetite defireth it : 3· Th~ imagination thinketh on its defira.blenefs yet further. 4· The inteUe[i conceiveth of it (truly ) as good, by a Jimple apprebtnJion. 5· The WiUaccordinglywil· ·lttbJt ~y afimplecomplactlt_cyor voliJion. Thusfartherewasnebn: But 6.The WiU btrt adhered roit too muchl and took in it an exctji of Complacency, when it had· power to do orherwife: And htre'fin begun. 7· And fo when the CogitalioHI 01ould have been called off: 8. And thelntelleCl: fhouid have minded God, and his Commaod, and prbcecd from a Jimple apprebenfion to the compari~g A61, and faid [The favour of God is ht1ttr, and his willlhould rule,] it omitted all thefe ach be– caufe the will omitted to co111mand them; ( yea,and hindered them ) SJ• And fo the intellect'was next guilty ofa [ non-rent<o J [I ..;Q not forbid or hinder it] (and the will accordingly). 10, And next of a pofitive deception, and the wiU of confrnt unto the fm, and fo it being fir:ijhed, brought ·forth death. · If you fay, The wiDs fir]! finful adh~Jion in the fixth infrance, could not be, unlcfs the lntelleCl: firfr directed it fo to do; I deny that, hecaufe the ,.iU is the firjl: principle in mens actions quoad t:ctrcitium !hough.the. InteUe[/ be the lirfl as to {f!cification: And therefor~ then>i/1could fulpend its exerci.fe, and Jts <XC!tatoon of the m:nd. In all thiS I go upon common pnncoples : -But I leave it to further en– quiry: Io How fa: the .fenjitive appt1itt may move the L.comotive faculty without the Willscommand while the mUdothnot f<Tbid? And whether Rcafon he not given man, as the Rider to the·Horfe no; to enable him to mo11e, but toB.ulf hismotion: fo that as the Horfe can go if the Rider hinde-r no; fo the fenGtive appetite can caufe the actions ef eating, dri.nking,_thi_nking, fpeaking. fenfually, jf ~~fon dobut drop aflccp, or not hmder. 2. And fo whether m the hrfl fin, ( •nd ordmarily ) the fcnfitive ap~t.'tc, fa~tafie andpaffion be not the active mover, and the 1lational powm ./irfl guilty only by · omuung the1r rc:firamtng GovJ;rnment, wh1ch they .w.trc able to haveexercilC:d? 3. And fo, whether fin be ~ot ( ordi_nar.ily ) a.brutiO: motion, or~ ~oluntuy ~nmanning of o.ur {elves, the Rational pow.. <rs m the begmmng bemg gutlty only of omoffion or pnvation of rcflramt; but afterwards brought over to fub:e~ve the fenfitive appeti~e all:ivel~ I 4• And fo ':"hether the ~Uwhich is theprincipittm.a[/ur quoad exmmumwere not the firll m the omiffion ? The mtellect havong before faid, ['this mu]! bt further conjidered] the wiUcommanded not that further conjideration, when it could and ihould ? .However. if ir be toohard for us to trace our own fouls in all their motions, it is certain rhat the ,.,,y of Mllfl )S the fir]! fubje[l ot MmIgood and evil : And unc<rtaintits rnull not make "' deny that whtch 1s certaiu. .The Reader who underfland~th the importance. and confe<juence of thefe points, I am fure WJll pardon me fpr thiS mtcrpofiuon .of thefe difficult controver~ed. points, (which I purpoli:ly avoid where I jud~e them not very needful m order te the defence or clemijg of the plainer common tr~ths): And as for others I mull pear their cenfure. o. 97
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