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844 Of the ivy' ofhearun. all euill, and in (lead of conformicie: betweene them and the . will ofGod, there is inch flat uppofition and repugnancie; that the very knowledge of that which God requtreth, is a fbbflicient motiue to make vs will the contrarie, and his pro- hibitions fa a maruellous edge on our appetites to do chat Rom.7.8. which we know he hath forbidden : but in the lifè ro come all thiscorruption and peruerfeneffe ofour will Thal be taken away, and they being made wholly conformable to the will ofGod, Thal nor wil any thing which iseuil and (inful, but that only which is iufl, acceptable, and pleating in his fight : yea thenall our delire (hall be to glorifie God, to praife and ferue him, not as we do heere, with great relu6lation, con - fiáis and oppofitions, but with a fùlaad perk&2confent, freely,and with muchmore alacritie and cheerefulnel %,then euer we tooke in following ouròwne lullsand thepleafures of this life ; fo that as our SauiourChrifl fpeaketh ofhimfelf, it (hall be more pleatng vnto vs then our meate and drinke, Ian 4. when here ,we are moll an hungred,to do the wil of our hea- venlyFather. And that which ought chiefly to comfort vs, our wils (hall be moll free, but yet inclinable onelyto chufe that which is good;like the wil ofGod himfelf,who though hemoflfreely willeth, yet he neuer willcth any Bull, his wil being the pertedl rule ofall iuflice; fo that we (hall not only not chufe any cull or finne, but not haue any inclination or abilitie to make fuch choice, both becaufe ourfanólification Thal be then moll perfeól, which is nowimperfeóland onely begun; whereof it wil come topafl'e that we fhal haue a per.. feól hatred of finne, and a perte loue ofrighteoufne(le and holine(l'e;and altobecaufeour wits Thal neuer be forfaken of God, and left to themfelues,but Thal alwaies be fo effeálu- ally, and powerfully ruled and goucrned by the moll wife and iu(l wil ofGod, that it fhal not be poflible for them to erre, or to digrcffe any whit outofthe way of inflict and truth. In which re ed ourwil fhal notbe like vnto Ada,car, arbitrarieto good or euil,or mutably and changeably good; but like Gods wil,mofl immutable and coullant in al good- nefle, righteoufneile and holioe(fe, tic as it fbal bealtoge- ther impo1E51e veto vs, ei.ber to wil that which God nil- lcth;