. the groff eft$elf-111Nrder; becaufe if thou truly didft wil(, thou couldft ; if thou didO: truly will to believe, and will to be anew creature thou couldH: ; for the will it bathpotentia e~~cutivam,fo far M irt~vill,&c. It bath an ex~cuting power · to go fo farr 75 · as it wills; if thoudidil: traly.andreallywill ·to fpeak holily , thy will wobld make thy tongue to put in execution. Ifthou hadft a wil, thy will would command execution,my tong~&e foall [peak.._the praife of the Lord, faies David, 'P[al. I I .9· I 7 I, t72. my foul it foal! praife thee;· verf. 175. I grant die woulding of the Vlill goes further thanall execu.tion can go, to wilt . ~· prefent With me,but how to perform tha~which iogood, I find not,Rom.7. 18. I quote th1s place , the rather, becaufe many wreft it to their own deftruction. Oh faies a wicked man, I have a good will, I wouldasPaul faies, but I can'!ot . perform, thus men ~if-ihterpr~t this place; for look.. how far Paul woul4, he could .perform~ for the'will oath potentiam executricem and an imperative force over the man. · What he diu wil~, ~he did perform, 1 be performed it inhis heart, and tongue, and hand, &c. but he would draw his will forwarder than it was, but he ·could not, his very will was partly unwilling, he could not indeed perform fo much as he would, 'that is, he could not draw on his will , fo frrongly as he would. His will was not . perfectly fanctified , no Saint in this Worli hath any perfect c0mpleatneff~ of will ; and t~erf'ore his perfor:mance is not perfect,becaufe ,' his will is not ' perfect:. I fay if thy will be converted 'to God, thou thy felf art conver~ G 4 ted · I
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