A55305:616
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.
As to this I shall answer two things.
1. This Thesis is so far from taking away the necessity of gracious Principles in the Will, that it discovers the way how those gracious Principles come to be wrought there. 'Tis in this Case between the Understanding and those gracious Principles, as 'tis between the beams of Light and the accompanying Heat: As Heat comes down from the Sun into the lower World in the ⟨p. 473⟩Vehicle of natural Light, so Holiness comes down from the Sun of Righteousness into the Will in the Vehicle of supernatural Light. When the Day dawns in the Heart, the Heart waxes warm with spiritual Life; Give me understanding, saith David, and I shall keep thy Law; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart, Psal. 119. 34. Why is he so earnest for Understanding? Is the Understanding all? May not the Will hang back for all that? No, Give me Understanding and I shall keep thy Law; yea, I shall keep it with my whole heart: that will set all my Soul in a right posture towards the Law of God.
2. Notwithstanding this Thesis, there is yet a treble Necessity of gracious Principles in the Will; for