5. It denies the Almighty Power of God, will not admit him to be Omnipotent, and his Power Infinite: It is not Infinite, if it be bounded and limited; yet Mans Will bounds and limits the Divine Power. By their Principles, the Lord can no way deal with the Will, but so that it may resist him, and render all his Actings and Operations on it ineffectual: He cannot prevail with it in any thing so far, but that it may at once stand out and repel his Motions, render every Divine Attempt upon it successless: When he has done all that can be done by the Power of his Grace, the Will may be too hard for him; it must be always left to do what it list. He cannot Save a Man, how much soever he intends or desires it, unless it be the Wills Pleasure: Nor can he take any Course to make the Will pleased with it. He can neither so Change the Faculty, nor so represent the Object, but the Will may still reject it. He cannot ⟨p. 108⟩work Faith in him, nor bring him to Repentance, nor Create Holiness in his Heart; nor can he Continue him in a state of Holiness, unless it please the Will to submit; nor can he bring it to submit so, but that it may refuse, when all is done that his Grace can do. He can make no particular Decrees concerning Man, that are Positive and Peremptory, because he cannot master Mans Will: His Purposes must be Conditional and Respective to Free-will▪ He cannot make good his own Word, not verify what he Asserts, nor accomplish his own Prophecies, nor perform his Promises, if Mans Will stand in his way: Nor can he clear his way of it in any Method, but what the Will of Man may defeat. He cannot Accomplish his Desires and Intentions, if Mans Will resist him, and can never put the Will out of a Capacity of resisting and opposing, while it is a Will. It is essential to the Will, to be always able to resist; and if they stand not to this, they yield all: Psal. 135. 6. No, must they say, there are innumerable which God cannot do, unless Man pleases: Phil. 3. ult. Christ has a Power, whereby he can subdue all things, &c. No, must they ⟨p. 109⟩say, the things wherein he is most concerned of all other in this World, the Wills of Men, he cannot subdue to himself. Prov. 21. 1. No, must they say, neither the Hearts of Kings, nor of any other Men, are thus in the Lords hands:
5. It denyes the Almighty Power of God, will not admit him to be Omnipotent, and his Power Infinite: It is not Infinite, if it be bounded and limited; yet Mans Will bounds and limits the Divine Power. By their Principles, the Lord can no way deal with the Will, but so that it may resist him, and render all his Actings and Operations on it ineffectual: He cannot prevail with it in any thing so far, but that it may at once stand out and repell his Motions, render every Divine Attempt upon it succesless: When he has done all that can be done by the Power of his Grace, the Will may be too hard for him; it must be always left to do what it list. He cannot Save a Man, how much soever he intends or desires it, unless it be the Wills Pleasure: Nor can he take any Course to make the Will pleased with it. He can neither so Change the Faculty, nor so represent the Object, but the Will may still reject it. He cannot ⟨p. 108⟩work Faith in him, nor bring him to Repentance, nor Create Holiness in his Heart; nor can he Continue him in a state of Holiness, unless it please the Will to submit; nor can he bring it to submit so, but that it may refuse, when all is done that his Grace can do. He can make no particular Decrees concerning Man, that are Positive and Peremptory, because he cannot master Mans Will: His Purposes must be Conditional and Respective to Free-will▪ He cannot make good his own Word, not verifie what he Asserts, nor accomplish his own Prophecies, nor perform his Promises, if Mans Will stand in his way: Nor can he clear his way of it in any Method, but what the Will of Man may defeat. He cannot Accomplish his Desires and Intentions, if Mans Will resist him, and can never put the Will out of a Capacity of resisting and opposing, while it is a Will. It is essential to the Will, to be always able to resist; and if they stand not to this, they yield all: Psal. 135. 6. No, must they say, there are innumerable which God cannot do, unless Man pleases: Phil. 3. ult. Christ has a Power, whereby he can subdue all things, &c. No, must they ⟨p. 109⟩say, the things wherein he is most concerned of all other in this World, the Wills of Men, he cannot subdue to himself. Prov. 21. 1. No, must they say, neither the Hearts of Kings, nor of any other Men, are thus in the Lords hands:
