8o / . ' \ lfilfull Impenite11cy to it better than I have done heretofore.Hertafter I wil, I fuppofe, that is hereafter I will; alas, this will for hereafter h· no will. ·Firfi, becaufe its only to flmffle off the 'Yil– ling for the prefent.Now the heart is unwilling ~o obey, ~nd therefore it puts off the corn-. .mandment to hereafter, not for any fuch de- . flfe that it hath to do it hereafter, but only be– caufe it is unwilling to do it for the prefent. Like a man tha,t is unwilling to le.n4, I'le lend you I,ereafter, fayes he, SAJ not untrJ thy neigh– _brJur, c.~o and come ~tgain, ~tnd to morrow !will .give thee, -y,phen thot~ haft it by thee, Prov. 3. 28. . his purpofe to lend him to morrow, was only becanfe . he would fuuffile off the lending to day. And therefore this purpofe 'of willing hereafter'- .iSrn-owill at all, but only to fuuffle · offtl1e willing for the prefept. Thou hafi the opportunity by thee~ why ~o£1: thou not iake it ?thou hail: the·temptationby thee, why doH: thou not refift it ?doft: thou fay thouha.fi awill for hereafter? that is but a gull, that thou may'it not will for the pre{ent. , , .~Secondly, this will for hereafter is no ~ill, becaufe it goei without Gods, no will can go without God. Gods will is now,he would have thee now, and thou wilt not, thou wilt here– after, hut then may be he will not. He that will not when he may,w.hen he would he thall have rtty ; afterwards when thou wouldil: rain be converted, and pardoned-,' &c. Lord open to me, nay, but 0 n1an, whea ·I would, thou wou1d'fi hot;now thou wduldfr, but I will not, thy ·will is for hereaf~er. goes, without Gods, and tllerefore 'tis no w.ll. ' Thirdly • , I •,
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