Wilfulltmpenitency able, which n1ofi of you will not. 3. .Argu. Thirdly ., becaufe otherwife th~re wo~tl~ ~e , no room for the {word of the Magijratc ; 1f a ' man could omit no more finn than he does , then what . means our Pillories andGallows ,. &c. and other punifhmentsupon Malefactors.? will any man be fo vain as to fay Achan could. not chH[e but take the Babylonijh garment? cer· tainly he might have let it a} one if hewould: why haft thou troubledus? fa1es {o.fhua, Jofb. 7· 25 ~ Alas, he was not able to anfwer, oh Sir, I could. do 1to otherwife ! No, no, he might have omitted it , and therefore the Law of man is favourable to fuch as offend againfi their wills; it does not/ hang fuch as kill againft thetr ~ills. · ./l Fourthly, hecaufe though a carnal man -+· rgu•.c11nnot put off the old m/m, nor fhake off the dominion of fin in general, nor deny him.. felf, but his very nature is finfull and flefh~ ly , he does naturally fin, yet: it is not hi~ nature to commit t~is fin at thiJ time, and in this ma'ftner; the 'wickedefl: man underHea– ven goes about his fin with previa/ delibera– tion , and a tnofl: free difpofition of the m~ans ;· the drunkard goes /reel _,. o the Ale-houfe , / · and calls freely for a Jug ·· two or three, as, ' his luft is ; his Hofi he freely fuffers thefe diforders in his houfe , and freely goes to the Tap and does draw it, &c. Ephraim dhl WillingJy ?p~tlk... after the Commandement,Hof. 5. I I. ihe wicked J(ing of Jfrael comtnanded them that w~ll~wo~fuipa: Bet~el, a~d. they did freely an4 'Willingly obey1t. P1l~ttc W11l1ngly contefl'ted the people ., - ~ - -.
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