of/slo,atlon ana aamnarto.n. rw3 7.be VIII. errour. The bolt' Chilidoth notgiuegrace towill,but only dock vnloofethewillwhich before was chained , andaltoBoth excite thefame :fothat the will byber °woe power ,dothdfJofeherfelfetoitas7iftcation, 7be Coicfntaion. It is apparantlie falfe. Towill thofe thinges which concerne thekingdome ofGod, as faith, conuerfion , and newe obedience,',is themeere giftofGods fpirit. Math. rr. 28. No manknoiveth the Father butthe Sonne, andbee to whome theSonne will reueale him. Luk. 8. Toyete it isgiuen to know themy,ße- riesofthekingdorn of God. Philip. 2. It is god which worketh inyots to will and todoe. Cor. iz. t ;. :Woman canfay that lefts; is theLordebit by the belie Ghoft. Briefliehe, whoaccording to God is to becreated to righteoufnes and bolineffe, Ephe.4. 24. cannot any wales difpofe himfelfe to iuffifcation , or newcreation. For it isimpoffiblethat a thingnotyet created , fhoulde difpofe it felfe tohis creation, The IZerroter. Thatpreparation togarace ,whichiscaufedbythepowerof free-will,may by the roerite ofcongruitiedeferue hilltftcation. The Confutation. Thefe thingesfinell ofmore thanSatanical) arrogancie. For what man,but fuch anoneas were not in his right mind,wouldbeleeue,thathe, vnto whom fomanic minions ofcondemnations aredue,could once meritethe leafl dram ofgrace. The9prodigai1 fanne ,hee was not receiuedinto fauour by reafon of his defertes , but by fàuour. Luk. i 5.2 I. His fonne[aidvnto him, 7hastefinned aaainftheanen,andagainft thee,andam no more worthy tobee calledthy fanne. 7he X.' errot.T. Thefaith ofthe Godly , erthat which inflifreth ,is that whereby a man dotb in gourd belecue thebleffednele promifcdofGod, and by which àlfohegiuetb hisalert to other rnyfteries reuealedofGod concerningthefame. 7beConfutation. Faith isnot onelie agenerali knowledge, and afl'ent to the hitlorie ofthe GofpeIl,but further alto a certaine power ,both apprehending and fcuerallic 114 applying
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