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

The Enmity and Contrariety of the Will to Gods Will.

IN the second place, That inbred sinful propriety of the will, which accompanieth it, as heat doth fire, is, The enmity and contrariety of the will to Gods will; There is not only a privative incapacity, but a positive contrariety, even as between fire and water; Gods will is an holy will, thine is unholy; Gods will is pure, thine is impure; Gods will is carried out to will his own glory, honour and greatness, thine is carried out to will the dishonour and reproach of God: Thus as Gods will is infinitely good, and the cause of all good, so in some sense, thy will is infinitely evil, and the cause of all that evil thou art plunged into; Therefore when the Apostle saith, That the carnal mind is enmity against God, Rom. 8. 7. [Greek or Hebrew] comprehends the actings of the will and the affections, as well as of the mind; It is enmity in the very abstract, so that it is neither subject to God, nor can be: Oh that God would set this truth more powerfully upon our hearts, for what tongue can express the misery of this, that thy will should naturally have such irreconcilable opposition and implacable enmity to the Law of God, that it should be diametrically opposite to Gods will, which at first was made so amicable and compliant with Gods will, that there was the Idem veil, and Idem nolle. Besides, many other considerations there are two especially that may break and exceedingly humble our souls herein: For

IN the second place, That imbred sinfull propriety of the will, which accompanieth it, as heat doth fire, is, The enmity and contrariety of the will to Gods will; There is not onely a privative incapacity, but a positive contrariety, even as between fire and water; Gods will is an holy will, thine is unholy; Gods will is pure, thine is impure; Gods will is carried out to will his own glory, honour and greatness, thine is carried out to will the dishonour and reproach of God: Thus as Gods will is infinitely good, and the cause of all good, so in some sense, thy will is infinitely evil, and the cause of all that evil thou art plunged into; Therefore when the Apostle saith, That the carnal mind is enmity against God,