VERA!. Epbeflan:r,Chap.I. grace he had, neyther doth this follow on decreeing his fall, but onely the not fuperaddingofthat gracewhereby he would infalliblynot have fallen. Gods decreeingthat he fhould finne out ofhis owne voluntary, dothnot diminifh any pc wer he had, wherebyhe might have flood if he would,but doth onely holdbacke that grace which would havemade himwith effeâ to will that thing which he was otherwife able: the notputting to graceno way due,which fhouldmakehim infallibly Hand, is one thing, the fubflradling of Grace inabling him to fland if he would,is another. vlrgument 6. That which he willeth, that he is author ofandworketh. We diflin- guifh, that whichhe willeth fo as to command it, that he is the author of tohis creature, and that he worketh inhim : Butto will the being of fìnne, is to will that his creature ihall of his owne accord without his warrantdoe this or that. Argument 7. He who gave flrength enough to avoid finne and forbade it on paine ofdeath, would not have finne. Anf.It followeth not, but thus onely, that he would not have his creature finne, fo as the blame ofit fhould redound on him : had he willed that he fhould not have finned, he would have giventhatgrace withwhichheCaw he wouldnot have fallen. Argument 8. That is not to be yeelded whichmaketh Godwill a thing difagreeing withhis nature,as allowing it for good,not that whichmakethhim will it fo farre onely that it fhould exift, and have being, for it is good that the evill fhould be which God difalloweth : or thus, that which hath naturallyand intrinfically a pofitive contrarietywith Gods nature, that he cannot will,fuch athing finne is not; for fuch contrariety cannot fland with the impoffibilityof the divine nature. Argument 9. Gods decreerakethnot awaymans liberty;God dothnot byany out- ward force determine the will, but as being more intimate to it then it is unto it Idle. Ifman can determine his will, and no way diminifhhis power tothe contrary ; how much more fhall Godbe able a Not to fay that thcOiigh man for exercife be determined to one, yet while he doth this out offreejudgement, counting it fuchas he may doe, or not doe, he cannot but worke molt freely. Argument to: He that is authoroffrnne, dothnot punifhit, fo farreforth, orin that refpeet, in which he worketh it. Againe, God is notlaid Author, but of fuch things whichhedoth not morally bycommand,and phyfrcallyby inward operation worke in us :They fhould fay, he that punifheth finne, willeth not that finne fhould be, which is falfe. Argument I I. Hewho givethhis fonne to abolifh finne, he doth not allowfinne as good ; this followeth, or he would not that it fhould Hill dwell in thofefor whom his Sonne effeéìuallyfuffereth:But it wilnot follow,that N who .133
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