EptflleofS. Paulto Titus. CHAP.3 3 giuea raft briefly. a.Ifwe bewhollyfifh,whichis flat contrary to the 6r3 fpirit, then can there beno preparation ro iullification before regenera- x Lion. That which is contrary waketh no preparation to the contrary,the Grounds dr4 oucof scriptale flefh cannot make waybut neccfiarily refrfleth the fpirit :neither can a- atiai Rate Po. nycontrarie bring forth the ette&of the contrarie ;-to more then dark- pin, doetrine concerning nelle On either prepare to light, or produce the efffé}s of light. z., If free will. before conuerfionwebedeadinrrefpa ffes andfrnnes, then canwerotte a- 3 way and confume in them; but to know orperforme the things offpiri- 5ph :.1 ,tuall life we'no more can,thenaman naturallydead can preparehimfelfe vnto,or performe the aEtions ofnatural! life. But howfoeuer the Papills' mince the matter, and fay wee are like the Samaritane left halfe dead andwounded, the Scripture faith plains innugh, that we aredead intref- paffer, and like Lazarus dead and rotting in the graue : towhichpur- pole we might amplifie chofe many phrafes of our quickning,of ourYogi. finq,ofour new birth, andof our nervecrearion. I hope they will blufh to fay that a thing not created, can difpofe it felfe to the creation of it felfe. 3. In how many places are chele things laid out of thepower of 3 man ? as where it is Paid, he imagineth one/y eui!! continually , that is, na- turally. Who can bring a !leant thing oat offìlthinefc ? can a blackemoore change hit skinne, or a leopardhis [path's? can milltrees bring forth good fruits? how can yee fpeake well beeiugcull!? I knowe ( faithJeremy) it is not in man to difpofe his way : and wee Arenot able to think! any thing of our falsees: and much leffe are wee able to thinke any thing well: andyet fleppeth out a Popith fpirit and faith, yes bySaint Pauls leaue, we can both thinke well, and will well, anddifpofe well, and doe well, without the fpeciall aide ofGod : let them belceue him that pre- ferre Romifh traditionsbefore Apoflolicall writings. 4. How often is our whole conuerfion for thebeginning and proceeding, the firll, mid dle, and Taft of it, attributedwholly to the grace of God ? None cornmeal to the Sonne, vnleffe the Father drawe horn : draws me , andwee a*. ill renne afterthee:: without mee yea can doenothing: It is bee that workcth both to will and to doe: If the Sonnefetyau free, yee are free indeed! : comers vs Lord, and wee hall bee conuerted : wee are hit workemanfhippe crea- ted to good workes: Iwillgiueanheart of fiefh: But IMaynot be infinite in telimonies. ç. We haue heard that the wholevnderllanding is cor- y rupted; and therefore much more the w,}f1, which is nothing but a facul- tie of willing, or uillingthat which is firfl vnderílood and iudged of in the mind!: yea indeede if eitherbe worfe then other, it is the wii:hence is that (peach, the good that I fceand approoue, I doe not: by the bene- fit of under@anding ,men often fee their dutie;buc by rebellion ofwill proboq;dcte- performe it not, although it waht not direaion litfhcient. Thus the r'otaftyuor. z ob-
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