Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

First, The mere in-being of original sin doth not impede resignation, and consequently it doth not impede faith: whatever the actual outflowings of it may do while the orifice of lust is open, the mere in-being of it doth not impede, is is an inmate in the heart; when the first work of faith is wrought there, only God by his Almighty grace doth suspend and bridle it that it doth not put forth, but lye hid in its own root: Thus say our famous Divines in the Synod of Dort, touching conversion; Divina haec actio non laedit voluntatis libertatem, neque tamen extirpat radicitùs vitiosam resistendi possibilitatem, quamvis enim Deus in ipso regenerationis opere adeo potenter in voluntatem agat, ut actualiter resistendi potentia proxima pro illo tempore suspendatur, remotam tamen & in actu prima positam resistendi potentiam ne tum funditus extirpat, sed in suâ amarâ radice delitescere permittit. God lays the precious foundation of faith and the new-creature, as it were in mighty waters, in the very same heart in which there is a fountain of sin; only he doth as those that build upon great Rivers do, put back the fountain to make room for the heavenly structure, which is set up in the heart ⟨p. 156⟩in a very wonderful way, as the stones were in Jordan, corruptions, as the waters of that river, standing on an heap on this side, and as it were cut off on that, whilst free-grace is a doing the great work. On the other side, the indulgence of original sin doth impede resignation, and by consequence faith: A man that soothes up the old man and earthly members, and upon the view of his heart returns omnia benè, all is well as it is, the heart is good enough, cannot, whilst such, believe; and why? to believe is to resign, and why or how should he resign to Christ for grace, who feels no want? such an one really poor but opinionatively rich, turns off all the rich offers of grace, as Esau did Jacobs present, I have enough, and goes away empty from all the treasures of Christ.

First, The meer in-being of original sin doth not impede resignation, and consequently it doth not impede faith: whatever the actual outflowings of it may do while the orisice of lust is open, the meer in-being of it doth not impede, is is an inmate in the heart; when the first work of faith is wrought there, only God by his Almighty grace doth suspend and bridle it that it doth not put forth, but lye hid in its own root: Thus say our famous Divines in the Synod of Dort, touching conversion; Divina haec actio non laedit voluntatis libertatem, neque tamen extirpat radicitùs vitiosam resistendi possibilitatem, quamvis enim Deus in ipso regenerationis opere adeo potenter in voluntatem agat, ut actualiter resistendi potentia proxima pro illo tempore suspendatur, remotam tamen & in actu prima positam resistendi potentiam ne tum funditus extirpat, sed in suâ amarâ radice delitescere permittit. God layes the precious foundation of faith and the new-creature, as it were in mighty waters, in the very same heart in which there is a fountain of sin; only he doth as those that build upon great Rivers do, put back the fountain to make room for the heavenly structure, which is set up in the heart