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30 2 The nseaning of the words: fignifieth three things: either t. rap, that which willeth; or 2. raimor,,the willing; or 3. the thing willed. r, ra ,9smnasxòv, that which willeth, in the creatures is the faculty of the mind whereby it willeth : But in God, whofe nature is moil fimple, and in whom there is nothing which is not himfelf, it is his ef- fence. In this fenfe, voluntac Dei eft of ntia Dei vo- lens, the will of God is the effence of God wil- . ling. 2. otiAams, or ßans, the willing, in the creatures is the aCt or funóion of willing proceeding from the faculty : But in the Lord both the ad of willing and the faculty whereby he willeth is his effence.There- fore as his effence is one and eternall , fo his An,r, his willing, is one and eternall, and without fuccef- lion. And therefore whatfoever God hath willed, Both, or (hall will, that he uwilleth with one and the fame everlafling aú of willing. For as uno aólu in- telligendi unoque intuitu omnia intelligit5 fo alfo uno acu volendi omnia vult quit vult: for as with one aa of underflanding and one view he underflandeth all things, fo with one a &of willing,he willeth all that he willeth. Out of which appeareth the unchange- ableneffe of his minors, his willing. For whereas in ours there is a change, when either we will that which before we did not,or leave to will that which before we defired; God by one eternall a6t of wil. ling willeth all things, and therefore neither begin - neth to will that which before he did not, nor lea - veth to will that which once he willed. The confi- deration whereof ought to be r. A flay and com- fort