1 r. e...E.1.....las. 1=161141r..., ...- and fubmit themfelvesto the kingdomeofChria, ifwe look upon it with relation unto the Spirit ofgrace,w hich is the principimm quo, the formal' vertue whereby it is wrought; fo it isan effe&ofpower, and ask were, an asofconquell ; and yet looke upon it with relationun- to the heart it Celle, which is Principiumquad, the mate- riall efficient caufe thereof,and fo it is a moil free, fweet, connaturall aCtion,exaCtly temper'd to the exigencie of the fecondcaufe, and proceeding there-from with moft exaCt delight,anfvverably to themeafure of the grace of illumination,or fpirituall evidence in the minde,vvheteby our naturall blindneffe, prejudices, and mifperfvvafions may be remov'd : and to themeafure ofthe grace ofex- citation,affifiance,andco-operation in the heart, where- by the naturall frowardneffe and reluaancy thereof may be fubdued. In oneword, there are but three things requilite to make up a free and voluntary a6hon. Firli, it mull be curn judiciorationis,wit ha preceding judgrnent.Second- ly,it muff be clam indarerentm, there mull be an internall indeterminateneffe and equal' dilpofition of it Idle unto feverall extremes. Thirdly,it muff be cumdominioatlas, the will muff have the power ofher owne worke. And all thefe threedoe (weedy confiff with thepoint ofthe Text, That theheart is made willing to obey Chiill by anaet ofpower. For firii, this power we fpeake of is onely thepower of the Word and Spirit,both which doeal wayesworke is the ordinary courfeofGods proceedingby them with men, fecundum parcium, by a way of judgement and conviuion, by a way of teaching anddemonaration, which is futeable to a rational' facultic. Secondly, which way foever the will is by the Spirit ofgracedirecled and perfwaded tomove,it 11111retaines an habitual' or internall habitude unto the extremes, 'fo that if it fhould have moved towards them,that motion Z 3 would Chrills peoplea n'illingpeople. 314 VERSE3,
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