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

Thirdly, he that truly willeth a thing, doth not only apprehend the goodness and the price of the thing which he willeth, and chooseth it according to the price and excellency thereof, but in the third place, the heart giveth up it self unto that thing which it hath chosen. A man chooseth a wife a right, he will have the woman whom he hath chosen, take that possession of his heart as becometh a wife in that case, otherwise if a man say, be choose such a man to be king over him, and will not give up his obedience unto him, nor suffer him to exercise authority over him, this man doth not choose him as a king, but rather as a servant; so that to gather up all, a man is then said to will a thing, when he apprehends the goodness and excellency of the thing, when he chooseth that thing answerable to the goodness and excellency of it. Thirdly, when the heart giveth up it self to that thing; now to apply particulars, when is am an said to Will Christ, and grace, and Salvation ⟨p. 35⟩by him, a man must will grace, before he can have grace: but how shall a man come to know when he wills grace? I answer, first when the soul of a poor Christian seeth an excellency in Christ, when he holdeth the Lord Jesus at a high rate, when he hath him in an high estimation, answerable to the worth of him, when a poor soul can put a price upon the Lord Jesus, answerable to the sufficiency that is in him, and agreeable to the grace and goodness that is in him, then the soul doth partly Will the Lord Jesus, and grace and Salvation by him; when the soul is able to see a greater good in the Lord Jesus, and have a greater esteem of the grace which is in him, when it can set a higher rate upon the goodness which proceeds from him, than upon any thing else in the world whatsoever, when he hath the Lord Jesus in higher estimation than riches, or honour, or preferment; than of riches that may advance him, or of honour that may promote him, when he esteems Christ above any thing that the world can afford, or the heart desire, then he partly willeth Christ and grace, the soul will never will a thing truly, but when he seeth some good in the thing, and hath an high estimation of it according to the goodness thereof, Col. 3.11.¹

Thirdly, he that truely willeth a thing, doth not onely apprehend the goodnesse and the price of the thing which he willeth, and chooseth it according to the price and excellency thereof, but in the third place, the heart giveth up it selfe unto that thing which it hath chosen. A man chooseth a wife a right, he will have the woman whom hee hath chosen, take that possession of his heart as becommeth a wife in that case, otherwise if a man say, be choose such a man to be king over him, and will not give up his obedience unto him, nor suffer him to exercise authority over him, this man doth not choose him as a king, but rather as a servant; so that to gather up all, a man is then sayd to will a thing, when he apprehends the goodnesse and excellency of the thing, when hee chooseth that thing answerable to the goodnesse and excellency of it. Thirdly, when the heart giveth up it selfe to that thing; now to applyth particulars, when is am an sayd to Will Christ, and grace, and Salvation