CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

Thirdly, They are active and willing because of that sanctified renewed nature which they are partakers of; They are said to have the divine Nature, 1 Pet. 1.4.¹ The Seed of God is said to abide in them, 1 Joh. 1.3. And by this means they are carried out voluntarily to divine actions, Thus in nature saith Aristotle, which is the inward principle of motion or rest; How readily do sparks fly upward? ⟨p. 206⟩The stones descend downward? And thus it is here; Those inward principles of Sanctification they do so new mould a man that now the will of God is his delight, the Law of God is written in the inward man; Nothing is so connatural and suitable to him as those things that are also pleasing to God; Indeed for the unregenerated man it's no wonder he must be haled and constrained to what he doth, That he like the Mill cannot move any longer then the waters of affliction fall upon him, for there wants a principle within, but it is otherwise with those that are born again; Their proper food, their proper delight, their all in all is to be doing the will of God, as Christ professed, Joh. 4. and David doth often acknowledge those endeared affections he had to the Word of God above Kingdoms and all other earthly advantages.

Thirdly, They are active and willing because of that sanctified renewed nature which they are partakers of; They are said to have the divine Nature, 1 Pet. 1.4.¹ The Seed of God is said to abide in them, 1 Joh. 1.3. And by this means they are carried out voluntarily to divine actions, Thus in nature saith Aristotle, which is the inward principle of motion or rest; How readily do sparks fly upward? ⟨p. 206⟩