198 Dires` ions forgetting and keeping mainbent of their will,and the refolved prevalent act of it is for good.4.When the will Both cotnmand,yet the commanded Faculties do refufe to obey,through an unfitnefs, of impotency and corruption. i. The Will bath but an imperfeâ command ofthe Under- ftanding (I mean as to the exercilè of the ad, in which refpeft it comma.ndeth it, and not as to the fpecification of the aa.) A man may truly and fìrongly defire to Know more, and apprehend things more clearly , and yet cannot. 2, The Will hash but an imperfeti command of the Phantafie or Thoughts; fo that a man may truly fay,/ would think morefrequently, more intensively, and moreorderly of good, and left of vanity ; and yet I cannot.For obiects and pafsions may force the Phantafie and Cogitati- ons in forne degree.3.The Will bath but an imperfet command of the pafsions : fo that a man may truly fay,/ worldnot be troubled,er afraid,or grieved, oreq.. ggiesed, or angry;but I cannot choo¡e,& I would mourn morefortn, andbe more afraidoffanning, and ofGods difpleafure, andmore zealotta for God, and more de- lighted in him and joy more inholy thing:, but I can- not. For there pafsions lie 10 open to the affault of objects (having the fenfes for their inlet, and the moveable fpirits for their feat or inítruments) that even when the Will commands them one way, an objec`f may force them in part againfi the Willscom- mand, as we find fenfibly in cafes offear, and forrow or anger, which we can force a man to whetherhe will or no: And ifthere be no contradic`fing objec`f, yet cannot the Will excite thefe pafsions to what height it (ball command. For their motion de- pends as much (and more) on the liyely manner of re-
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