A treatise of original sin ... proving that it is

2. Not of the will of the flesh] that is, not of the natural will and choice of […] he hath no power or ability in him so much as to will a better condition then […] is in.

2. Not of the will of the flesh] that is, not of the natural will and choice of 〈…〉 he hath no power or ability in him so much as to will a better condition then 〈…〉 is in.

Lastly, Not of the will of man] that is, not by the will of man, though perfected and adorned with many acquired perfections; Not by the will of a Plato, or an Aristotle, or a Seneca; So that here is a two-fold will denied from efficacy in grace, the will considered in its natural abilities, or in its acquired abilities: Thus 2 Pet. 1. 21. The prophecy in old time is said, Not to come by the will of man, but the will of God; The will of man is there supposed to be in some raised and eminent ability above what it naturally hath, and therefore opposed to the will of God in a more peculiar and extraordinary manner putting forth it self. Thus we have all false causes removed, and the true one affirmed, which is God himself.

Lastly, Not of the will of man] that is, not by the will of man, though perfected and adorned with many acquired perfections; Not by the will of a Plato, or an Aristotle, or a Seneca; So that here is a two-fold will denied from efficacy in grace, the will considered in its natural abilities, or in its acquired abilities: Thus 2 Pet. 1. 21. The prophesie in old time is said, Not to come by the will of man, but the will of God; The will of man is there supposed to be in some raised and eminent ability above what it naturally hath, and therefore opposed to the will of God in a more peculiar and extraordinary manner putting forth it self. Thus we have all false causes removed, and the true one affirmed, which is God himself.