The application of redemption

It was a deep and a sweet Speculation of Austin, It was in the power of the mutability of Adams Will, to have used his Will either well or ill, God would not hinder him and his work, and no Creature could hinder him: and because he did use this liberty and mutability ill, therefore God put him under the power of that perverted mutability […] he never should, nor could do any thing but evil. It was not a fault to be mutable, had he kept himself ⟨p. 321⟩under the stream of Gods holy and […] will, he had never been hurt; but he that will pervert his own mutability to go against the Law, he shall ever be perverted by it. This is the full and proper meaning of that Text, which carries a mysterious […] with it, Rom. 7. 8. Sin taking occasion by the Commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence, for without the Law sin was dead: Namely, when Adam went against the Law (and to Gods Justice) the Lord by an Almighty revenging act of Justice, in way of contrary, broke him in […], turned him aside, pushed him away from him, bad his blindness and stubbornness take full Commission, and exercise Authority over him for ever: Sin takes this occasion, steps in, and while God is pushing of him away, takes advantage, and carries headlong the sinner from God, to act all manner of evil upon all […]. Hither belongs that also, Rom. 6. 14. Sin shall not have […] over you, because you are not under the law, but under Grace: that is, You are not under the Covenant of the Law broken, for that gives Commission to sin to exercise sovereign Jurisdiction over the Sinner.

It was a deep and a sweet Speculation of Austin, It was in the power of the mutability of Adams Will, to have used his Will either well or ill, God would not hinder him and his work, and no Creature could hinder him: and because he did use this liberty and mutability ill, therefore God put him under the power of that perverted mutability 〈…〉 he never should, nor could do any thing but evil. It was not a fault to be mutable, had he kept himself ⟨p. 321⟩under the stream of Gods holy and 〈…〉 will, he had never been hurt; but he that will pervert his own mutability to go against the Law, he shal ever be perverted by it. This is the ful and proper meaning of that Text, which carries a mysterious with it,