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A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel…A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel…
A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the gradual breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errors of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightness, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithful servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.A treatise of the covenant of grace wherein the graduall breakings out of Gospel grace from Adam to Christ are clearly discovered, the differences betwixt the Old and New Testament are laid open, divers errours of Arminians and others are confuted, the nature of uprightnesse, and the way of Christ in bringing the soul into communion with himself ... are solidly handled / by that faithfull servant of Jesus Christ, and minister of the Gospel, John Ball ; published by Simeon Ash.
London: printed by G. Miller for Edward Brewster, 1645
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The act of judgement is two-fold: 1. Natural, which ariseth from the sharpness or dullness of the wit. 2. Moral, according to which we are said to be good or evil. There be two degrees of light. 1. Directing and warning what is to be done. 2. Persuading and effectually moving forward the will. This persuasion is, when with such force the holy Spirit doth accompany the Gospel, that it doth not only move the will, but move it effectually or throughly, and beget faith lively and well rooted. What the mind judgeth best, the will followeth as best; what less good the mind judgeth, the will less followeth. What the1 mind judgeth the greatest evil, the will doth specially avoid: what it judgeth a less evil, it doth less flee from. Unless the mind should either wax idle, or loose the reins to the affections (which must needs proceed from a most grievous and most perverse error of the mind) right reason would obtain not only by right, but in deed and fact, the command and rule.
The act of judgement is two-fold: 1. Naturall, which ariseth from the sharpnesse or dulnesse of the wit. 2. Morall, according to which we are said to be good or evil. There be two degrees of light. 1. Directing and warning what is to be done. 2. Perswading and effectually moving forward the will. This perswasion is, when with such force the holy Spirit doth accompany the Gospell, that it doth not only move the will, but move it effectually or throughly, and beget faith lively and well rooted. What the minde judgeth best, the will followeth as best; what lesse good the minde judgeth, the will lesse followeth. What the1 minde judgeth the greatest evil, the will doth specially avoid: what it judgeth a lesse evil, it doth lesse flee from. Unlesse the minde should either wax idle, or loose the reines to the affections (which must needs proceed from a most grievous and most perverse errour of the minde) right reason would obtain not only by right, but in deed and fact, the command and rule.
- 1In singulis quidem actionibus vo•unt as regitur ab intellectu: in genere tamen volu•tas ī aperat intellectui, nec intellectus fe applicat ad intelligendum, nisi jussut à voluntate.