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The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By…
The divine will considered in its eternal decrees, and holy execution of them. By Edward Polhill of Burwash in Sussex Esquire
London : printed, and are to be sold by Thomas Shelmerdine, at the sign of the Rose-Tree in Little-Britain, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Reason evinces this, and that 3 ways.
1. Creature-weakness needs it, Man cannot convert himself; the Natural man [Greek or Hebrew], receiveth not the things of God, 1 Cor. 2. 14. nay, [Greek or Hebrew], he cannot be subject to God's Law, Rom. 8. 7. as to God [Greek or Hebrew] he wants a heart, Prov. 9. 4. a Stone he hath, which resists God's Will, but a heart he hath not to obey the same. His Will is tota cupiditas, a Lust rather than a Will, ⟨p. 410⟩no wonder if he cannot by his own power convert himself. Conversion is a thing above the Sphere of lapsed Nature, nay, beyond the line of Angels; Man's Heart is so dark, that those stars of light cannot irradiate it, and so cold, that those flames of love cannot warm it; there is such an Iron-sinew in it, as the heavenly hosts (which excel in strength) cannot bow, but must leave it to the Arms of the Almighty, and when he doth it, they joy over the Convert as a wonder of Power and Grace.
1. Creature-weakness needs it, Man cannot convert himself; the Natural man 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, receiveth not the things of God, 1 Cor. 2. 14. nay, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, he cannot be subject to God's Law, Rom. 8. 7. as to God 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 he wants a heart,