$ Chap. t o. An Expofitiox upon the Book of J O Pa erf. ® go up to his houle top to invite an incentive of lull, though he there met with one. Fourthly, Wickedncfs carrieth clearnef,, yea fulincfs of con- font in fin. A wicked man May have many checks at fin from his confcience, but he bath none from his will. And a wicked man may have Tome motions to good from his confcicnce, but he bath none from his will. When a wicked man abllains from do ing evil, he wills it , and when he Both good, he wills it not. h. nature, the ad and the confent go both to evil, I du evil,aitd I will do it, s tbeflubbarn voice of corrupt nature, In grace, though the ad goes finetimes to evil, yet the confent doth not. The eris sarbich d :would not, that do I, is the tu.;urnfttl voice ofgrace. In glory, both ad and confent go to good, and neither of them to any evil. The goodwhich / will, Ida, the evil which I would ;tot, I do not, (Ball be for.e:zr the triumphant voice of glory. When the Apoflle Paul (Rom. 7.) bewailed his own bondage under cor- ruption, he yet proffrd that what ever evil he did, he confntçd not to do it. And though there may be force kind of confent in the finning of a godly man, yet it is not fuch a content, as in a wicked man : Foras a wicked man, though he may fometimee thew his willingneís, and give his confent to do good, to hear the Word, to pray, &-c. Yet it is not a clear, a full and free con - fcnt,the will never comes t p heartily in it : fb there may be Come kind of coulent, a negative confent in a godly mans doing evil, he may not (as to that ad) refill or deny ; as wh u a quelt;on is put to the vote, a man whoBoth not affirm, may be fàid to give lame confent; when he fufpcnds his voice, and cloth not openly oppofe.. Thus a godly man when a temptation conieth,_ never gives a direct yea of confent, yet Iómetitnes not Living his no, there is.a kind of confent, a middle ad, not a clear or determi- nateadof content. Now a wicked man, as he is taken captive by the-devil at NI will (2 Titre. 2. 26.) that is at Satans will, the de- vil takes him captive when he pleafeth :- Ib alíb at his own till'; draw sr': I`le is pleated to be taken captive by the Devil. na/srr r+o .tali. Fifthly, Where there is a wickednefs in finning, there is de- , caufa light in fir. Pure delight in lin is impurefi wickednefs. To difobey nuLI esar, rf for nought is die moil wicked difobedicnce, as to Cerve God for mai'idaAugttii nought is the molt holy frvice. What is it whichiheweth the lib .3, co fJf eminency of grace ? Is it not the joy which the foul finds in the c 4- wayes of grace? When we can delight in the law of God, as his law
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