The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

Those therefore that upon the pretence of the Spirits doing all, and our doing nothing without him, will lye idle, and not do their parts with him, and say that they wait for the motions of the Spirit, and that our endeavours will not further the end, do abuse the Spirit, and contradict themselves; seeing the Spirits work is to stir us up to endeavour, which when we refuse to do, we disobey and strive against the Spirit.

Direct. 21. Though sometimes the Spirit work so efficaciously, as certainly to cause the volition, or other effect which it moveth to; yet sometimes it so moveth, as procureth not the effect, when yet it gave man all the power and help which was necessary to the effect; because that man failed of that endeavour of his own, which should have concurred to the effect, and which he was able without more help to have performed.

That there is such effectual grace, Acts 9. and many Scriptures with our great experience tell us. That there is such mere necessary uneffectual grace possible, and sometime in being, (which some call sufficient grace) is undeniable in the case of Adam; who sinned not for want of necessary grace, without which he could not do otherwise. And to deny this, blotteth out all Christianity and Religion at one dash.

That there is such effectual grace, Acts 9. and many Scriptures with our great experience tell us. That there is such meer necessary uneffectual grace possible, and sometime in being, (which some call sufficient grace) is undeniable in the case of Adam; who sinned not for want of necessary grace, without which he could not do otherwise. And to deny this, blotteth out all Christianity and Religion at one dash.