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willingness_n as_o well_o as_o a_o judgement_n augustine_n de_fw-fr spir._n &_o lib._n chap._n 31._o define_v it_o to_o be_v a_o power_n of_o do_v what_o we_o will_v and_o thus_o it_o do_v principal_o consist_v in_o the_o imperate_a act_n call_v free_a because_o they_o proceed_v from_o a_o free_a principle_n to_o will_n and_o to_o can_v be_v two_o different_a thing_n a_o man_n may_v will_v what_o he_o can_v and_o then_o the_o will_n have_v not_o this_o freedom_n the_o scripture_n seem_v to_o take_v it_o in_o this_o sense_n 1_o cor._n 7.37_o have_v no_o necessity_n but_o have_v power_n over_o his_o own_o will_n and_o have_v so_o decree_v in_o his_o heart_n by_o freedom_n from_o necessity_n there_o be_v mean_v a_o power_n to_o put_v his_o purpose_n in_o execution_n and_o so_o rom._n 7._o what_o i_o will_v that_o do_v i_o not_o the_o spirit_n be_v willing_a but_o the_o flesh_n be_v weak_a take_v liberty_n thus_o for_o a_o freedom_n from_o constraint_n or_o a_o power_n of_o do_v what_o 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that_o be_v accustom_v to_o do_v evil_a can_v no_o more_o do_v good_a than_o the_o aethiopian_a can_v change_v his_o skin_n or_o the_o leopard_n his_o spot_n 3_o all_o affliction_n and_o suffering_n put_v restraint_n on_o man_n liberty_n john_n 21.18_o thou_o girde_v thyself_o and_o walkedst_a whither_o thou_o will_v here_o be_v liberty_n but_o another_o shall_v gird_v thou_o and_o carry_v thou_o whither_o thou_o will_v not_o here_o be_v a_o restraint_n or_o compulsion_n a_o man_n may_v have_v a_o will_v to_o move_v a_o gouty_a finger_n or_o stop_v a_o convulsive_a or_o paralytic_a motion_n of_o his_o nerve_n but_o he_o have_v no_o liberty_n to_o do_v it_o as_o dr._n lock_n say_v well_o 4_o in_o our_o intellect_n and_o elicit_a act_n of_o
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parent_n than_o i_o plead_v the_o crime_n be_v a_o fiction_n the_o witness_n be_v false_a he_o never_o do_v it_o he_o never_o think_v it_o but_o now_o o_o father_n he_o have_v err_v he_o have_v fall_v he_o will_v never_o do_v the_o like_a but_o a_o justify_v defence_n must_v be_v make_v before_o authority_n juridical_a i_o shall_v conclude_v this_o with_o answer_v some_o objection_n brief_o that_o be_v bring_v as_o argument_n to_o prove_v that_o since_o no_o work_n be_v exclude_v but_o what_o afford_v occasion_n of_o glory_v than_o some_o work_n may_v have_v room_n for_o a_o interest_n in_o our_o justification_n for_o instance_n 1._o god_n may_v free_o first_o give_v grace_n to_o work_v give_v faith_n and_o repentance_n and_o then_o justify_v we_o for_o the_o exercise_n of_o they_o whereof_o we_o can_v glory_n because_o the_o grace_n be_v receive_v and_o they_o be_v the_o fruit_n of_o grace_n 2._o god_n give_v a_o gracious_a law_n a_o new_a law_n the_o law_n of_o faith_n rom._n 3.27_o that_o exclude_v glory_v and_o therefore_o we_o may_v be_v justify_v by_o the_o work_v thereof_o 3._o these_o work_n come_v not_o in_o as_o the_o merit_a cause_n of_o justification_n but_o as_o the_o condition_n of_o it_o resp._n in_o general_a this_o contrivance_n of_o the_o method_n of_o justification_n be_v such_o a_o fruit_n of_o divine_a wisdom_n that_o it_o be_v the_o special_a glory_n thereof_o and_o therefore_o there_o be_v no_o wonder_n that_o the_o feeble_a beam_n of_o our_o light_n can_v show_v we_o the_o depth_n of_o it_o or_o pierce_v into_o all_o the_o harmony_n and_o connexion_n of_o its_o part_n or_o their_o mutual_a relation_n and_o influence_n and_o consequent_o no_o wonder_n divine_v do_v not_o agree_v about_o such_o thing_n and_o the_o disagreement_n ought_v to_o be_v bear_v with_o meekness_n patience_n and_o mutual_a endeavour_n to_o instruct_v one_o another_o i_o profess_v myself_o a_o seeker_n and_o a_o learner_n in_o many_o of_o these_o mysterious_a point_n and_o i_o be_o never_o satisfy_v with_o a_o sermon_n except_o i_o receive_v some_o edification_n to_o my_o understanding_n by_o it_o and_o if_o division_n and_o bitter_a language_n unbecoming_a christian_n scholar_n or_o man_n be_v not_o the_o sad_a fruit_n of_o these_o disputant_n not_o the_o dispute_n they_o ought_v to_o be_v encourage_v i_o bless_v god_n for_o the_o spark_n i_o have_v already_o receive_v from_o they_o and_o i_o hope_v to_o receive_v more_o and_o that_o my_o heart_n be_v as_o much_o unite_v in_o love_n to_o both_o party_n as_o ever_o and_o i_o be_o as_o much_o at_o a_o loss_n as_o the_o poor_a child_n when_o ask_v whether_o they_o love_v father_n or_o mother_n best_o but_o in_o particular_a i_o shall_v begin_v with_o the_o first_o objection_n resp._n 1_o it_o be_v inconsistent_a with_o what_o i_o have_v before_o prove_v viz._n that_o the_o gift_n of_o absolute_a and_o distinguish_a grace_n the_o spirit_n a_o new_a heart_n etc._n etc._n that_o beside_o its_o absolute_a and_o sanctify_a virtue_n it_o be_v of_o a_o relative_n nature_n both_o to_o signify_v and_o entitle_v as_o the_o ring_n in_o marriage_n or_o other_o earnest_n and_o entitle_v symbol_n phil._n melanct._n in_o his_o annotat._n on_o this_o epistle_n in_o comparison_n of_o which_o luther_n say_v that_o jerom_n and_o origen_n commentary_n be_v but_o merae_n nugae_fw-la &_o ineptiae_fw-la say_v deus_fw-la solus_fw-la justificat_fw-la transfundens_fw-la in_o nos_fw-la spiritum_fw-la suum_fw-la p._n 17._o we_o must_v either_o reckon_v he_o a_o papist_n who_o be_v the_o first_o protestant_n this_o book_n i_o have_v be_v print_v 1522._o or_o else_o say_v that_o gift_n be_v the_o sentence_n or_o its_o declarative_a sign_n mr._n baxter_n say_v when_o a_o person_n be_v convert_v the_o angel_n rejoice_v and_o therefore_o have_v some_o notification_n of_o it_o and_o they_o who_o know_v our_o conversion_n can_v be_v ignorant_a of_o our_o justification_n which_o they_o can_v know_v 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