X72 of the &ubjec`t #rom. the Will, the Will letting 'the Under- ftanding awork ; (not to believe immediately, for that is impoffìble ; for we cannot believe what we will ; /Went loth neceffarily and immediately proceed from the ohjedive Evi- dence of the Thingwhich is aflènred to) but to confider and think upon fuch an Ob'jeét as tho' the Adof Being of the Wall be not fub jectively inherent in the Will,;, but in the vifive Faculty ; yet cloth it proceed from the Will efficiently, that the Man fee the white Wall ; for the Will may imperare the Man to con* vert, and apply his Eyes to -look on fuch an Objea, from which an ACf of Vifion loth proceed. (2.) The Will concurs concomi- tantly, forte Way afliflingthc klerderftanding to aflént ; for the Soul no cnlybelieves,., but believes cordially : In the. `fine Inflant that the Soul cloth affent to the Truth of the Pro- miles of the Gofpel, the Will embraces Chrift the Subilance with Love, . Joy, and great Heart Satisfa ±ion. TheAffections concur to Believing; as the Sharpnefs or Acuity of the Knife loth to its better cutting ofany Mate- rial Subfiance ; the (harper the Knife be, the cafier and better will it cut_: So, the more the Affeedions are wrought upon, *the more active is Faith, and the more full is the Underftan- ling to apply particularly the Promife of Chrift. And hence it is Paid, 2 Cor. xiii, 6. Chavity believeth: all Things, An affeóionate Love
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