114 WilfHl llllpenitenCJ An awakAfew words to you that are the redeemed ning him, of ·the Lord, and fo !'le make a C(}ndufionof · for che re- all.I pray God fmite honlc this point intovour dr~:ed hearts ; .for though your wils be tamed· and tdrd~ fubdued in regard of the wicked, you do not " • Note. . / jland out as they do, neverthelefs obferve yoa · this point: there)s many a Canaanite that re– mains fiil in our bofoms, · that we may thank our own wills for not rooting out. We do not put our felves forth fo much as we might~ .nor labour ·in the Lord fo ferioufly ·as we might, , n0r walk fo clofe as we might : Qh beloved, thefe thefe fame will nots do us all .the mif– chief that ever is done us. For · Firfi, We riever fin againft Gofpel, but only upon will-nots: · indeed we fin againfl: the law in every of our cannots, but we never fin a– ·gainft the Gofpel, but only in our will-nots. TheGo~pd_re9uires ~othing ofa believer,but·. · that whtch ts gtven htm, anO: thereforewene– ver fm againfr the Gofpel, but only in our wil nots: this is the voice of the Gofpel ifi~7,s)~"-" if anymanwil, John7 . 17. Oh then let us- fiir up our felves, fuall we fin-againfi gofpel,.and be angry aEainfl mercy? ' . Secondly, .we can never difpleafeGod,.but onlyupon wil-nots. I fpeak only uponGods· people : we can never ftain our acce·ptance with God, but only in our wilnots, though we capnot put fin in our prayers, . but fin in our dutie~, but fin inevery thingt4at we do : yet this_~oes not fiain our, acceptance with God,nor blemifh it one-whit, when God bath $ur wills : for ifthere he avvilliJJg mind,.1,t is l -. · ··- - · · - · - -:· · acGepted· '- . - -· - ... ,
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