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it is done on earth 2s in heaven. 31i of affli6tion, The will of the Lord be done. Neither in- deed doth our Saviour (peak of it; as appeareth by the claufe following,in earth as it is in heaven. Secondly therefore, the will of God which he requireth to be done of his creatures , qAtatenus pri- cipit vel prohibet, fo farce forth as he commandeth or forbiddeth, which is therefore called voluntas Revelata, Conditionalis, Signi, Antecedens, Inef icax, non quatenus promittit vel minatur abíque conditions, et decreti revelatio , the Revealed will, Conditio- nall, of the Signe, Antecedent, Inefficacious, not as he promifeth or threatneth, and without condition, is the revelation of the decree. Now the word of God is called voluntas figni, the will of the figne, becaufe it fignifieth what our duty is, and what is acceptable unto God: rrtn and conditionall, becaufe it doth not Phew fimply what God will have done, but upon condition : Si John 6,4a, vis ad vitam ingredi, ferva mandata; Si visfervari, crede, If thou wilt enter into life, keep the com- mandments ; If thou wilt be faved, believe: and in- efficax, uneffeduall, becaufe it is not -alwayes per- formed : Fit voluntas Dei de omnibus, non ab omni- bus,The will of God is done concerning all,though not of all. To do the will of God, is in refped of the matter, to perform that which he commandeth, after the fame manner, to the fame end that he appointeth: but if you look into our weakeneffe, this doing of Gods will by us is efpecially to be underflood of the will and endeavour, which the Lord in his chil- dren accepteth as the deed. Precamur & optarnus,ut X 4 nos