The unbelievers preparing for Christ. By T.HThe vnbeleevers preparing for Christ. By T.H

thing wherein the act of the will is seen, and wherein it makes known it self is this, when the soul seeth the good which is in a thing, and apprehends the excellency thereof, so the second thing wherein this act of the will is discovered is this, the soul chooseth that good which before it hath seen, and the excellency of the thing which it hath apprehended, answerable to the nature of the good, and the excellency thereof, the soul it chooseth that good which before it hath esteemed, it takes it to it self, as who should say, I will have this thing not another, & mark when the soul chooseth any good, it maketh such choice of it, as may be answerable to the nature of the good which it esteemeth, as things of greater worth, a man chooseth with greater affection, things of lesser worth, with lesser affection, he will choose the best things in the first place, and those of less ⟨p. 34⟩value in the second, as suppose a man choose a woman to be his wife, if he doth not choose her for her grace & for her goodness, so much as for beauty or wealth, he doth not now choose the woman upon the point, but her beauty and wealth, because he chooseth them in the first place, and with greater affection; so that a man is then said to will a thing, when he doth not only see and apprehend a thing to be good and excellent, but also makes choice of that thing, according to the goodness and excellency thereof.

thing wherein the act of the will is seene, and wherein it makes knowne it self is this, when the soule seeth the good which is in a thing, and apprehends the excellency thereof, so the second thing wherein this act of the will is discovered is this, the soule chooseth that good which before it hath seene, and the excellency of the thing which it hath apprehended, answerable to the nature of the good, and the excellency thereof, the soule it chooseth that good which before it hath esteemed, it takes it to it selfe, as who should say, I wil have this thing not another, & mark when the soule chooseth any good, it maketh such choyse of it, as may be answerable to the nature of the good which it esteemeth, as things of greater worth, a man chooseth with greater affectiō, things of lesser worth, with lesser affection, he will choose the best things in the first place, and those of lesse ⟨p. 34⟩value in the second, as suppose a man choose a woman to be his wife, if he doth not choose her for her grace & for her goodnes, so much as for beauty or wealth, he doth not now choose the woman upon the point, but her beauty and wealth, because he chooseth them in the first place, and with greater affection; so that a man is then sayd to will a thing, when he doth not onely see and apprehend a thing to be good and excellent, but also makes choyse of that thing, according to the goodnesse and excellency thereof.