C B A P . Epifile to the Theffalonians. VER.9. ! 301 effeí call inclining the will and affeaions to embrace' and profccute the duties knowne. Emery one that bath heard, and r bath learned' of the Father,commeth vnto Ghrifi; r lohn 6.45. that is, beleeueth in them. 11« gratin á nullo duro corde Aga de rs- reffiuitur. God putteth bù Law in their hearts, and writeth . deiná.Sá ci. st in their inward Parts : and fo caufeth them to walke in his 8. - Statutes,Ezech.36. How the Lord preuailes thus with the will of man, is quellioned betwixt vs and halfe_Pelagians. It pleafeth Apgufi.in loan. them,that the Lord propounds to vs only pleaJingebietls, Auluft in l fit to allurethe will: as when a fhephcard fhewes a greene bough to a (heepe ; ora father nuts and fuch like pleafan- ces to his child, fit to allure them. As if there were tome ftnetre in nature to be.ailured with fpirituall things;and the propention to bee effEted with them, were not of Gods meere infpirement and infufion. Firfl then, fàid 'Paul ami fi'e ; his God that fworkes in vs to will and doe ? f Phi/.2, 13. Secondly, and vainly prayeth Godtot worke in vs what is t Heb, r3 xt. wel- pleafìnginhis fight. Thirdly, as vnfittingly hath Mo- fes taught, the naturall u inclination of the heart to bee anely u Gen.6.5.. coil!: Foul thly,and Paul put x enmity betwixt wifedome of x Rom. 8.7. the ffefb and the Law ofGod. Fifrly,the h care, faith Ex kiel, muff be Y changed by the Spirit of God, before we can y Ezech.36. walke in the Lords Statutes. Sixtly, and by old Schoole- y5, 27 Diuinity,the habits of Faith, Hope, and Charity are in- fufed, rather then drawne out of the power of the foule. And this is Gods teaching, whereofthe Apoflle here fpcakes ; the giuing of gracious abilities to doe that which is pleating in his Ggh ,and not oncly the exciting oldie naturall power ofthe will,and alluring it by plea - ting obi eEfs,as Semipelagians dreame.W hat euer the ma- net is,the effea. and fruit is, .ableneffc to doe, and ae uall doing what the Lord thus teacheth.. So that ifany would know whether he bee taught of Gnd,th e f urefl euidence of ad-lion and our being with- in the couenant of Grace ; his gracious abilities to holy duties
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