First, In Man's first Creation the Will had in it a Natural Power to determine the Specification of its own Acts, that is, freely to sway it self either unto Good, or Evil, which of them it pleased, and if there was any Bias in it to draw it more one way than another, as some there was, it was an inclination to that which is Good; for Man's Faculties were then entire and perfect, his Knowledge clear to discern what was his chief Good, and his highest Happiness, his Will free to choose it, and his Affections ready to embrace and clasp about ⟨p. 218⟩it: His Love, his Fear, his Joy, his Delight, were all of them Centred in God; that which is now in us from Grace, was in him from Nature: Since the Fall we need a Twofold assistance, one a Common influence and assistance, such as is vouchsafed to all Men to enable them to the performance of the common and ordinary Actions of this Life, it is from God's immediate influence that we are enabled to Move, to Think, to Speak, for in him we Live, Move, and have our Beings. And then we need also a Special influence vouchsafed only to the Children of God, whereby we are enabled to perform Holy and Spiritual Actions, as to Love, Fear, and Obey God sincerely, and this Special influence we commonly call Grace, whereby we are enabled to Act Divinely and Spiritually: Now the difference betwixt Common and Special influence lies in this, that what God works in us by a Common influence, that is wrought without any grudge or reluctancy in Man's Nature to the contrary, but what is wrought in us by a Special influence, that is, brought to pass, Nature gain-saying and contradicting it, ⟨p. 219⟩thus when God enables a Sinner to Act Faith, or Love, or any Divine and Heavenly Grace, this is contrary to the tendency of Corrupt Nature, and therefore this is called Special Grace. Now while Man stood in the state of Innocency, there was nothing in his Nature that contradicted his Fear of God, his Dependence on God, or his Love to God, and therefore to enable him to Act all these, he needed no Special influence of Special Grace, but only of a common and ordinary Providence.
First, In Man's first Creation the Will had in it a Natural Power to determine the Specification of its own Acts, that is, freely to sway it self either unto Good, or Evil, which of them it pleased, and if there was any Biass in it to draw it more one way than another, as some there was, it was an inclination to that which is Good; for Man's Faculties were then entire and perfect, his Knowledg clear to discern what was his chief Good, and his highest Happiness, his Will free to choose it, and his Affections ready to embrace and clasp about ⟨p. 218⟩it: His Love, his Fear, his Joy, his Delight, were all of them Centred in God; that which is now in us from Grace, was in him from Nature: Since the Fall we need a Twofold assistance, one a Common influence and assistance, such as is vouchsafed to all Men to enable them to the performance of the common and ordinary Actions of this Life, it is from God's immediate influence that we are enabled to Move, to Think, to Speak, for in him we Live, Move, and have our Beings. And then we need also a Special influence vouchsafed only to the Children of God, whereby we are enabled to perform Holy and Spiritual Actions, as to Love, Fear, and Obey God sincerely, and this Special influence we commonly call Grace, whereby we are enabled to Act Divinely and Spiritually: Now the difference betwixt Common and Special influence lies in this, that what God works in us by a Common influence, that is wrought without any grudg or reluctancy in Man's Nature to the contrary, but what is wrought in us by a Special influence, that is, brought to pass, Nature gain-saying and contradicting it, ⟨p. 219⟩thus when God enables a Sinner to Act Faith, or Love, or any Divine and Heavenly Grace, this is contrary to the tendency of Corrupt Nature, and therefore this is called Special Grace. Now while Man stood in the state of Innocency, there was nothing in his Nature that contradicted his Fear of God, his Dependance on God, or his Love to God, and therefore to enable him to Act all these, he needed no Special influence of Special Grace, but only of a common and ordinary Providence.
