\ ' ++••••+••••.................. . " A 'fable ofthe Contents. . ' THe reafon why the wicked~o not repent nor comeDoO 1 , our oftheir fius, is nor becaule they cannot (though 1 • .. thty cannot) bur becaufe rhey will not, ' pa,ge 8 7DemenJ?rations to prove it The wieked think they' have power to repenr, but wilLDemon 1. nOt do ilCCordingto their thoughts, They wi 11 not try whe.ther they can repent or no, p 9 They refufe the help which God offers them, p. Io. They will nor ufe the power'which God hath given them, p 11 They grow worfe by the meanes affarded them, p 1~ Their cannor is voluntary, ' p.14 They are conrent with their cannot, p. 1 S 2 J 4 '] The Jirft ground of the Doctrine Every mau can do more good than he doth,and flmn more I Ground evil than he doth, . · P· l7 This apputrs by thefe following · conJiderations. If a man can do more than he ·doth, nothing can hin.der 1 Confld.- him,but his will, ibid. If a man can do no more d1anhe does,and yet will nor,he inuft needs voluntarily hinder h.imfelf from doing that which he ~annor, p. 18 If a man will-not do that he can; neither will he that which he cannor, ifhe could, p.19 .. Ifa man will nor do that he can, can or can-nor, all is one: to him,all fiitks tfhis will, p. 20 If a m.aawill not do that which he can , this will make: a mans confci~nc;e when it comes to fpeak in fober fad· nefs, thank himfelf for his perifhing. · p. 21 4 s Arguments to prove.the firft ground, · p. 12 . Eecaufe God doth complain againft the wicked for the 1 Argum. voluntarydoing no more good than theydo, ibid BecaiJfe otherwife there were no room for praife, nor dif2 praife, ' · p. 23 Becanfe 'there would be no room for the Sword of the Ma3 ,gifirate. p. 24 B ·4 B ~~ \
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