Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20

Hence it also follows, that Man hath no free will of his own to supernatural good. The Will cannot by its own power open it self to receive Christ by faith. When it doth open to him, it is not virtute innata, sed illata, not by its natural power, but by the power of God upon it. The admirers of Nature talk much of the Sovereignty, Virginity, and Liberty of the Will, as if it alone had escaped the fall, and that no more but a moral suasion is needed to open it to Christ; that is, that God need do no more to save Men than the Devil doth to damn them. But if ever God make you sensible what the work of •aving Conversion is, you will quickly find that your Will is lame, its freedom to Spiritual things gone; you will cry out of a wounded Will, as well as of a dark Head, and a hard Heart. You will quickly find, That it is God alone that worketh in you both ⟨p. 63⟩to will and to do of his own good pleasure, Phil. 2. 13. That the birth of the new Creature is not of the Will of Man, but of God, John 1. 13.

Hence it also follows, that Man hath no free will of his own to supernatural good. The Will cannot by its own power open it self to receive Christ by faith. When it doth open to him, it is not virtute innata, sed illata, not by its natural power, but by the power of God upon it. The admirers of Nature talk much of the Sovereignty, Virginity, and Liberty of the Will, as if it alone had escaped the fall, and that no more but a moral swasion is needed to open it to Christ; that is, that God need do no more to save Men than the Devil doth to damn them. But if ever God make you sensible what the work of aving Conversion is, you will quickly find that your Will is lame, its freedom to Spiritual things gone; you will cry out of a wounded Will, as well as of a dark Head, and a hard Heart. You will quickly find, That it is God alone that worketh in you both