• I Objeet. T' · He fid.l: objeCtion is.drawn from thQfe Scrip~ · · tures which fay they cannot. ' :z. Ob.ieel. From their own willingnefs, they would, · 19ut they cannot. · : aObjeEf. Is from theirowndefires, theydefire to do it, · but they arenot able. · . 4 Object. Is from their refolutions, they purpofe, ,but whether they will or no, they are fain tobreak . their goo4purpofes. · SOb;eff. Is from their good endeavours (as the.y fay) they labot1r. ~gainO: their fins, and yet they are tranfported tnto them, to[wea~before theyare a– ware, tlbeoverta1~!n in eompany,&c. We.will ·. . anfwer thein in order. 1 ~bJett; As to t}le firft Obje.Cl:ion from the Scriptures., anJ -wereawbich fay they cannot I anfwer ~: . Therearc ' · fivccaRJiots in · Inaee.d the'S&riptHre{peak..soffive ~at~not.P. Scripture: I Cannot Firfi, of anAtural canttot : every man is born l>y nature under a €Hnnot believe, and a·cannot fee God : But there is difference between thy cannot repent , and thy daeft not repent : there' is difference ·betwixt thefe two. The caufe of thy cllnnot. is one thing, and the caufe of thy doe ff not isanother" The caufe ofthy cAt~• notis the carnalneffe ofnature : but the caufe -of thydoeft not, is the wtlfulnefs of thy will. The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit (Jf God,for theyarefoolifo~Jefe to him: neither in~ ; deed canhe, for die¥ are [piritH~IIJ difcerned, · · · -- ··· 1 Cor__.
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