Hopkins - HP BR75 .H65 1710

484 _'[he Natureilnd NecejjityofRegeneration: . Secondly, Mm's WiRwM entkmed with an habitual pronmefs and inclination to an good . Hu Wdl there was then no fi1ch bandowlngs in his Will, as now the holieft Saints complai1~ ~~';~;:ith of, but the \N ill dafpt about every good ~nd holy Objec:t that was prefented to its t~l('i"di n•· choice, and that it did freely and fully with entirenefs and delight. ~imU1liDall Thirdly, HU AJftflions al~ we:re all holy, 411d all of them fobjeUtohUholy Win. Now G.. J. the bell: CO!Jlplain, it is feldom tbat they Will what is good; and when they have a flu ;;ff,- Will to it, yet they _cannot do wha~ they would; the good which ~hey would do 8wr1s wm they cannot do; but m our firft blefled Eftate, there was an harmomous obedience .u Hc'J~ in all the Paffions, and in all t.he Faculties of the Soul, unto the command of the m:~fuiyr W.ill, withOut the leaft tumult_or diforder; there were indeed motions of the Af- ~i/7. ~:~ fetl:ions and Paffions i~ .Ad~m~ a.s of If>ve? Hope, Joy, an_d the Hke; but it was, as tl111t both, fome 1Ji1Ji1res cxprefs 1t, as the bubblmg of clean Water m a clear OJftal Vial that raifed no defilement; whereas now it is in us like the working of the Sea that c;afl:cth out mire and filth. Now thefe Afrel.\ions were under the command of the Will then, and that both unto the continuance, and unto t~e degrees of them. • , 1 • Firft, .As to the continuance of them: The Will might command them on and off T~ tht w'ifat its pleafure; they fi:x:ed upon nothing but what Holinefs direaed them to, and ~h':~'::a.they made their fray no longer than the fame Holinefs commanded; like theCentuAIJ•, ' riiJn Seroant1, they went and came at the word of their Superior. , ~ . Secondly, As ro the degrees of. rhem. Now we ~nd it a hard task ~o fet bounds to n tht de our Love, Fear, Toy, and the like; we cannot gtve way to them Without running ~;;~ of into frrange Excelfes and Intemperance: Our Love is become Fondnefs, our Joy is · become Wantonnefs, our fear is turned into a chilling Ague, and our Anger m to a burning Fevor. But in ~ur firfl: ble!fed E~ate, all thefe Paflions were guided by holy Reafon, both for thetr Ob;effs upon whtch they ought to fix, and alfo for their Meafum how far they ought to let forth themfelves. And thus 1 have open'd the firfl: Propof:tl, delineating to you obfcurely the Divine Image ; for the bell and moll: comprehenfive Notions an4 Words of Men can but obfcurely trace out the tracks, lines, and fignres of the glorious lmag~ of God, which the Creating 'Finger of the Almighty at firll drew upon the Soul of )\'!an; which when we compare with the ru• ins and rubbilh of our prefen't llate of Mifery, inay adminiller jufl: caufe of Jhame, grief, and farrow. U'ht~t;~,11 Secondly, Let UJ now confider whar parts ofthio Image i4loft and defaced by our fall, aid of the 1- what. of ir jfi~l remains J'n t'Utry Man, tU well unregenerate M r!generate. And here, m•~;t G[ Ftrft, It IS that; That part Of the Image of God that confifted bz thofe thinss thP.t are EfGui U U!ft fenrial to Man is not /ofr; as the Soul, and its Faculties of Underftandmg, Will and l>y ~ht£11!1• A!feCl:ions, thefc frill remain the fame for fubfrance as they did before. ;j;1 fliU Secondly, Some unregenerate Men retain many rare narural perfeElitms of thefe Faculties; muit~t in fome of them grow up in all ornameritive, excellent Parts, fearching Judgments,. .u M<11o deep Knowledge, when others are born Fools and Idiots, and are deprived of the ufe 71 1 ' of common Reafon. Now, tho' R~fon and Knowledge, even in natural thing~ •f ~t ~z.:: be fome part of God,s Image, that all rMen have equally forfeited, yet God is ple3fed ,mfi!' i11 to r~ft<?;e this in a great Il"!eafure fom~times, t? fome unregen~rat~ ~en, When he th~Jtthing: demed It to others; yea, It may be hts own Children do not enJOY It m the fame de1l"~ •;e ef grec ; this part of God's Image is difpen!=~ ill common both to good and bad ; and ;!;/' 11 1 ; many times the wicked lu\ve a greater {hate in it than the .holy: Thefe Gifts, tho' •., l•fl·' they bear fome'weak and obfcure refemqlance of God, ·he keeps in the hands of his 2. common Providence, 1 and fcatters them upon the ltenerali~y of Men in fome meafiire-; s.,, *"~unto thefe we have all loll: a Right and Title, but we have not all loll the atlual gmerate . pofieflio'n of them, but:lGod reftores ihem to unregenerate Men as he pleafeth. ~:.,re~:,~ Secondly~ .(11 for tha~ p_art of ihe Image of God 'that cori(ifts in holy h_abits 7 i~ fpiritual ntdural Knowledue and Righte'oujh~Ji., theft 1we have utterly loft and defaced. The Mmd IS become p1rfe8tiiU. palpablC dark, muffled up in Error an'd lg;nora·nce, the w~n and Affeet~ons are viofi >. lently and unweariedly-bent upon the pur£itit only of what is evil, and this is the ~:r:~i~Z: mifer~ _of our fall, thus is our glorY·ftained, and our Silver is be<:ome:Drofs. Jm•gt ef Thtrdly, Let m noW confider what ofthe Image of God is again reftorrd to HJ in our .Rr.... GoJ th11t generation t t~n{l}ls in lily h.1hits, ;,, fpirit.ul JWrvlttlzt 111111 righU•M/111/t, th1Ji '"' Ulltl'fJ l•.fllftli dtfmri, J· Whu •f tht lmll' •f G~d ;, ,,. jlmd i'l'l RegmtrlliQI 1 'To

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