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V
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R.19,
Ephefians,Chap-
i.
liberty
ac3ua11y
to
refit
it, yea
or
no
;
the anfwer
is, it
doth
not
:
That
which the omnipotency
of
God
is
put forth
to
worke
in
the creature,
that the
creature cannot
ref
ft
:
But
God putteth forth
his
omnipotency,
and
by the effeduall working
of
it, he may
bring
us
to
beleeve. The
tuft
part
is
not denied:
The
fccond
is
here plainely let
downe,
viz.
That
God doth bring
us
to
beliefe
by the
effc
tuall working
of
no
leflè
pow-
er,
then that which
railed
Chrift
from the dead.
That
which maketh
Gods
aid and
Grace
tut
under the
power of
man,
and
not
mans will
to be
under
it,
that
is
a
Pelagian
he
e
:
But
to
fay
that
notwithftanding
Gods
helping
Grace,
man
may
re/if?,
ù
to
put
Grace
in
mans
power,
not
to
put mans
will
under the
power
of
Grace.
For the
firft
part
of
the
reafon we may
fee
it
;
for
Pelagius
taken up,
Aug.drbsref-
becaufe he
yeelded nothing
to
Grace
as
he
ought,
granted that he did
base.
not
preferre
it
before the will, but
pur
it
uncle
the power
of
it.
That
which maketh man able
to fruftrate Gods
counfell
touching
his con
-
verfion,
is
not to be granted
:
But
power to
refill
all
God
can
work,
maketh him have power
to
fruftrate
Gods
counfell
:
In-
deed it
would
be thus
in
power
of
the creature to
make
God
per-
jured
in
the things he hath fworn.
To
the
fecond part
of
this
reafon
fome may happily anfwer,
that
this power maketh not man able to
re-
fift
God
hecaufe he
doth
in his
counfell decree nothing,
but
fo
that
he
doth
fee
this power
is
ready infallibly
to
perform
it
:
But
this
is
nothing
that
God doth
fo
will
and
decree
that
he
knoweth the
creature will
not
refilt him
;
for
this
doth
infer
no more, but that God
(hall
not
miffe
of
any thing he
willeth:
it
doth not prove
he may
not,
but it
abhorreth
from Chriftian
Bares
to
fay
there
is
any
power which
may poflibly make
God
a
lyer,
as
well
as
to fay, God
fhall
not
be found true
in
that
he hath
fpoken.
That
which
is
wrought
in
the ;yid, not
from
any
naturalt
power
of
[if
firing,
but
from
the
obedience
in
which
it
is
to Gods
almighty
power,
that
the
will bath
no
power to
decline
:
But the
werke
of
converfion
to
God
is
wrought in
it,
from
the
obedience
in
which
it
fiandeth
to Gods
almighty
power.
To
underftand
it,
things have
a
power offuffering, from their
natures
inclining
them to
fuffer
this
or
that,
as
waxe
is
naturally
inclined
to
melt
with heate; or
a
powerwhich cannot but obey
fome
agent working
on
them from without ; thus
a
peece
of
wood
may be made into
an
image.
Now
in
regard
of
God,all things
are
in
fuch
a
Rate
of
obedience,
that they will come to any
thing
he
will bring
them
:
A (tone by this
power
may be
made into
a
man,
even
a
Sonne
of
vl
braham.
Now
that
which things
fuffer
from this power, whereby they obey
agents
work-
ing on
them from without, that they
cannot avoyd
:
for every
thing
fo
far
as
it
is
come
in
obedience to
another,
fo
far it cannot refill
:
Now,
that
converfion
is
wrought
in
the will,
as
itftandeth only
in
obedience
to
Gods power,
is
plaine
;
for it hath no naturali inclination
to
fuffer any
thing
,
both for the being
and manner
of
it,
abovenature
:
For
there
is
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