Perkins - BX9315 P465 1597

$Z beorder of lsgcoin The aanfsitation. Mannot regenerated bath free-will to doeonlie that v:bleb is euill , none todoegood. Hebeingnotalreadyconuerted cannot fo much as will to haue faith,and be conuerted. ReaCons. I. Tvfan is not faid to be weak or fickebut dead inAmes. Ephe.z . t .Col. 1. r 3 . As he therefòre that is coporally dead cart not flirre vp hirnfelre,thai hemayperfornrefuch workes ofviuification,no not them when others 'wipe him : fo hethat is fpirituallydead,cannot rnooue him- fclftoliue. vntoGod. Il. He is the for:cant ofSatan ,a d6orrdilaueof in.Eph. z, z. Rorn.6.i ; . Nowwe know that a lëruant I3andeth at thebeck and plea- lureofan other,andcan do nothingcis, IfI. That which no man canby him- felfeknow andbelcetre , the famefie cannot butnomancanknow,and beleeue thofè thinges that appertaine to the kingdomeofGO D. . Corinth. verf. I4 7h rnu,'il1 rnívperciíethnot the Ihthgesof thefbiritofGod. 2. Cor. 3.5. thearenot fificient afcurfeliees , to thivke any t pingás ofaro.[elites. Therefore no man canwill byhimfelfe,thoíe thingesthat appertains to Gods kingdom. IV, That \vhicb is a deadly enernieto goodnes , and isd¡reC ly re- pugnnt thereunto,the famedefireth not that which is good: but thewill is an enemieand direciiiy repugnant vnto goodoes. Rom. 8. 7.7he wifdome of the file,) is hatredagainji god :for it is notfEbiei7to the law o God,nett.her i 'deede can bee. Obiell. L The r-ordisneere vnto thee in thine heart, avidPithy mot ',that tholer. aift dos thefame. Deut. 2 o Anfver. Ir is safe toperforme the Iawe le- gallie,but not Euangeiically: Now this is done,when as any man loth fulfill the law bya Mediatour,and fromhim receiving the fpiritofGod, (loth ende- uourtoperforme newobedience. Obietel. E. Godgiueth many precepts by which weeare commanded to repent,beleeue, obeyGod) &c. Therefore todoe thefe,webaue free-wil.4nf, Suchplaces donot fhe.Vvs what we candoe, but what we fhoulddoe, &our weaktiefIewhat we cannot doe: neither do theyChewwhat men candoe,but what men fhould doe. Il. Theyare inflrument .s of-the holy Cho f , whereby hedoth revue and conuert fix h as iliall be faced. ? bey obie5 agairse. God in commanding thefe,dorh not requirethings impofi:bie. !Anf Hedoth notin- deed to men in their inuocencie., but now to all {licit as fell in Adam he cloth., and that by their oome.denuit,not Gods. Dime . Ill. Philip. 3. r a. Work your f lnatioas with fare and trembling. isfiver. Paine feeaketh offuch as are alreadyconuerted,which.haue.their.will Inpart freed. Obied. IV. lithewill boameerepatient; it isco ifiraiired to do th:at, which is good. ...Aker. .The will both in it felfe,and of it felfe, is a ineere pa- tient in herfirfi conuerfon to God ; but ifit beeccnfideredas it is moonedby thefpirit ofGod, it is anagent. For, being rnooued , it mooucth. It is not. ther- fore compelled, but olaniliingwill,is made a willingw ill. The

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