the groffefl ielf-murder. 17 .'.T- He firfl: Ground is thi~·, which is obferved by our learnedDivinesat ~he Synod atDert, namely, . . . . · ·~ , Every .ma;g. c~n~ do more .. giloa t h~tn he does , 4_r~ 3. (11 and foun more ev~l th111n he does , though I con... 4· '" rtf:~: fe~fe not in agraci?,~s ~anner. I.f I can prove/0fi~: erro ~ th1s to be true, tLwtll necelf'ardy follow that · the reafon why a wiCked man does not return , .is not flect~H{e he tannot, butonely b~caufe ~e Wil .not. . I .- :Arguments to pro~e it. . · !. Confi~er, ifa "'!an c~n .do mDre ~ban. he, 1 conft1J.. ·tloth,. noth1ng can htnd~r ~tm from do1ng . ETcry ·more than he does but h1s will ' when the fire ma• can canburn.more , · it doth burn more , becaufe do more it bath no will to come b~tween the power of~00: t~an lntrning ·and the Afl of b~rnitJg to fufpend it. c ot • · The fire .is a natural agent , and. therefore ·burns as much as it can : but a man is avo/un-– t~try agent.,and therefore when he cando a thing and does not, ·"tis becaufe- his will comes be– .tween to fufpend it: So that Jbe reafon is t~i.s , he -rrill not. Pil~tte,he had power ~ tocrucifie Chrift, and power not to -dp it, John 19. 1 o. he had power not to do it ; why then does he crucifie him ? not becaufe he hatl no ppwer td do otherwife .; he· confeffes hirnfelf he had power to do otherwife; but-he crHcified. Chriff ·becaufe he he would do fo. When a man bath ppwer to do a thing , or not uo do a thing· ~ Its .· \ .
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