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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. From the Will it self. If the Will be ⟨p. 461⟩determined by the Understanding, unto God as its ultimate End, then is it also determined by the Understanding, unto Christ as the only way thereunto. Indeed if the Understanding did propose an End, and withal two distinct ways of equal tendency thereunto, then the Will might be free to either of those ways: But when the Understanding proposes God as the End, and Christ as the only Way to that End, then the Will must infallibly close in with Christ; it must, or lose its End or Blessedness; it must, or the summū malū will fall into its arms. When the Understanding tells the Will in good earnest, there is no other way but one, there is no other Name under Heaven but Jesus only, the Will is sweetly constrained into his embraces.
2. From the Will it self. If the Will be ⟨p. 461⟩determined by the Understanding, unto God as its ultimate End, then is it also determined by the Understanding, unto Christ as the only way thereunto. Indeed if the Understanding did propose an End, and withal two distinct ways of equal tendency thereunto, then the Will might be free to either of those ways: But when the Understanding proposes God as the End, and Christ as the only Way to that End, then the Will must infallibly close in with Christ; it must, or lose its End or Blessedness; it must, or the summū malū will fall into its arms. When the Understanding tells the Will in good earnest, there is no other way but one, there is no other Name under Heaven but Jesus only, the Will is sweetly constrained into his embraces.
3. From the Understanding which shows forth Christ to be the perfect Way suitable to all our wants in our passage to God the true End. Thou wouldest come to God but for the weight of Sin and Wrath, Lo, here is an High-priest with Expiating Blood; thou wouldst come to God but thou knowest not the way thither, here's a Prophet with words of Light and Life; thou wouldst come to God but for the pressure of thy reigning