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The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few…
The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perilous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begetting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.The orthodox evangelist. Or A treatise wherein many great evangelical truths (not a few whereof are much opposed and eclipsed in this perillous hour of the passion of the Gospel) are briefly discussed, cleared, and confirmed: as a further help, for the begeting, and establishing of the faith which is in Jesus. As also the state of the blessed, where; of the condition of their souls from the instant of their dissolution: and of their persons after their resurrection. By John Norton, teacher of the church at Ipswich in New England.
London: printed by John Macock for Henry Cripps, 1654
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Obj. 2. Where there is a Physical or Natural motion of the will, there the soul is not merely passive; but
Obj. 2. Where there is a Physical or Natural motion of the will, there the soul is not meerly passive; but
In Vocation, or receiving the habit of grace, there is a Physical motion of the will, because there is a gracious motion, which necessarily presupposeth a Physical motion: Therefore, in Vocation, the soul is not merely passive.
In Vocation, or receiving the habit of grace, there is a Physical motion of the will, because there is a gracious motion, which necessarily presupposeth a Physical motion: Therefore, in Vocation, the soul is not meerly passive.
Sol. In the motion, or act of the will in Vocation, we must distinguish between the Physical or pure natural act of the will, and the graciousness of that Physical act; the soul is active in respect of the Physical act;1 but in respect of the graciousness of that Physical act, the soul is merely passive: To will is in our own power, to will as we should, is of God.
Sol. In the motion, or act of the will in Vocation, we must distinguish between the Physical or pure natural act of the will, and the graciousnesse of that Physical act; the soul is active in respect of the Physicall act;1 but in respect of the graciousnesse of that Physical act, the soul is meerly passive: To will is in our own power, to will as we should, is of God.