Now 200 Vireç` ions [OYgettin.g and, kgeptng And fo a Negation of the Wills ati, or of fuch a Degree of it, as is neceffary to the Regiment of the Ienfùal part, is a deep guilt and great offence, and it may be faicl, that there is Will in this fin. it is mo- rallyor reputatively voluntary, though not .natural- 1V bcaufe the Will doth not its office when it fhould : As a man is guilty of voluntary murder of his own childe, that ftands by and Teeth his fervant kill him, and clothnot do his beft to hinder him. I would this were better underf}ood by fome Divines : For I think that the commoneft guilt of the Reaîon and Will in our acuai ins, is by Omiflion ofthe ex- ercile of their Authority to hinder it : And that mofl fins are more brutilh, as to the true efficient caufe, then many imagine ; and yet they are humane or moral Aás too, and the foul neverthelefs guilty; becaufe the commanding Faculties performed not their office, and fo are the Moral or imputative caufes, and fo the great culpable caufes of the fad. l3ut I am drawn' hearer to Philofophy and Points be- yond your reach then I intended a fault that I mull be hill refilling in a?l my Writings, being upon eve- ry occurring d.ifficulty carried to forget my Subject, and the capacityof the meaneft to whom I .write : But what you,underfland not, pals over, andgo to the next. The fecondkindoffins ofinfirmity are, Thefmial- lerfart of f r7s,wI ich we may forbear ifwe trill; that is, roe beadualy,though not perfealy, yet prevalently Willing: or ifour Will be determined toforbear them; or if the chie fpi rt of the Will at- u:ally he for lruchfor- bearance.' The irf} fort are called fins of Infirmity in an Abfolute fenf Thefe lafl I call fins of l nfr- miry-°
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