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'41 Of the ieyeiofheaaen, 845 leth,or to nil that which he willeth the which immutabili- tie in goodneffe, Thal not then be grounded on our owner (lrength and abilities of nature, for then had we caufe iufily to feare, that we might like Adam be againe circumuented bySatansfubtilties ; but itfhal.haue this firmeneffe and irn- trrutabilitie from Gods eternal loue and eletlion,. which is immutable, and on his gratious and neuer failing promifes, which (as the Apol(le faith) areYea and Amen,fubie6t to no change or alteration : for bee who hath promifed that our ioyes Thal be eternal, bath confequently vndertaken to pre - fèrue vs from falling into any time, which would cut off our happines,;& ruine our ioy.To thispurpofe one of the anciets fpeaketh no lea excellently then fitly; The firlt free he) which was giuen to man, when he was firl3 crea- ted in righteoufneffe and holineffe, was that he was able not to linne,butwithal that he could alfa furneifhewould : but . our free wil in heauen ( halbe muchmore powerfulthen this, in that it fhal haue no powerto fit; but this nut beihe> gift rskat pr ofGod,and not by the power ofour natural faculties : for itq orta1"[sit is one thing to be God; and another thing to haue partici -Adam perdidit. pation and communion with God : for God in his owne na. page non amri, ture cannotfin; buche -who is partaker of God,receiues thisnoutgima exit power from him,that he cannot finne,&c. For as the.firfi im. ?'on poITe mori ita prtmum li- mortalitiewhich 'Adamlollbyfnning, was to be able-notbnumarbitri- todie, bttthis lallfhalbe, not to be able to die; fo the firftampepenon free wil was; CO be able not to fin;but the !aft free wiI fhal be, peccare,nou1 . not to be able to fin;for our willing ofrighteoufnes and ho- mum 404 peffe rc ca lineffe,(hai be alike vnlofeable with our felicitie, &c. ThedeCmitADà other evil fromwhich our wits filial be freed, is, impotencie lib.:a.cap.;ó, and inabilitie, to effea thatwhich they wil; for in this life although they do with al earnefineffe dcfire many things, yet they are not able to atchieue them, becaufe they are not agreeable and conformable to the wil ofGod,and therefore he croffeth and frufirateth them:but in the life tocome they (hal be effecqual and powerful in atchieuing whatfoeuer they defire,becaufe they are in al things agreeable and fubordinat to thewil ofGod, and confequently do molt furelyattaine voto their ends; (acing there is no power in heauen or in earths