A discourse of the saving grace of God

Whatever Decree or Purpose of Love and Grace the Lord had from Eternity, to Save lost Sinners, it must be at the Determination of Mans Will, whether any one shall be saved or freed from Misery. After the Work of Redemption finished by Christ, it must be at the Pleasure of Mans Will, whether any one shall be actually Redeemed. After the Spirit of Grace has done what can be done, for changing the Hearts, and renewing the Natures of Sinners; yet not one ••Scan•• them shall be Changed or Sanctified, u•••ss they list.

So that, unless Man will, when he is left indifferent, to will or not to will, electing Grace, redeeming Grace, renewing ⟨p. 111⟩Grace, shall be of no effect, shall never arrive at what it tends to. And if it be rendered of none effect, it is rendered inglorious, it is defeated, defaced, and the glory of it turned into shame. But so it must be, if Man will; all the Grace of God must be in vain, and all the Glory of it vanish.

Thus is God evidently made dependant on Mans Will, even for his Glory, that of his Grace; and he will as soon be subjected to the Will of Man in any thing, in all things, as the greatest Concerns of his Glory.