Mutatto IMO, 155 and a8ual fin which hath will and delibera- tion in it ; there is aaual fin in one fingle ad, and a &ual fin in a feries and fucceffion of ads. Thefe diftintions premifed, I ¡hall lay down this point in divers ' propositi- ons. Firt, The meer in -being of original fin loth not impede refignation , and confequently it doth not impede faith : whatever the actual outflowings of it may do while the orifice of luft is open, the nicer in -being of it doth not impede, is is an inmate in the heart ; when the firft work of faith is wrought there, on- ly God by his Almighty grace doth fufpend and bridle it that it doth not put forth, but lye hid in its own root : Thus fay our famous Divines in the Synod of Dort, touching con - verfion ; Divina hec also non Ledit volunta- tiu libertatem, neque tarnen extirpat radicitks vitiofam refiftendi poffibilitatem, quamvis enim Deus in ipfo regenerationis opere adeo poten- ter in voluntatem agat, ut aElualiter refijten- di potentia Proxima pro ib'o tempore fief enda- tur, remotam tarnen & in aliu primo pofitam refiift endi potentiam ne turn funditus extirpat, fed in fuâ amarla radice delitefcere permittit. God layes the precious foundation of faith and the new-creature, as it were in mighty waters in the very fame heart in which there is a fountain of fn ; only he doth as thofe that build upon great Rivers do, put back the fountain to make room for the hea- venly ftrudure, which is let up in the heart iaa
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