II. Man, in his state of innocency, had freedom and power to will and to do that which is good and well-pleasing to God; (1) but yet mutably, so that he might fall from it. (2)

III. Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; (3) so as a natural man being altogether averse from that which is good, (4) and dead in

he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. Deut. xxx. 19. I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live. See John v. 40.

(1) II. Eccl. vii. 29. Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. Gen. i. 26. And God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness.

(2) Gen. ii. 16, 17. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Gen. iiì. 6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

(3) III. Rom. v. 6. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. Rom. viii. 7. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. John xv. 5. For without me ye can do nothing.

(4) Rom. iii. 10, 12. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one :-They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.

sin, (1) is not able, by his own strength, to convert himself, or to prepare himself. thereunto. (2)

IV. When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under sin, (3) and by his grace alone, enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; (4) yet so as that, by reason of his remaining corruption, he doth not perfectly, nor only, will that which

(1) Eph. ii. 1, 5. And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins ;-even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ; (by grace ye are saved.) Col. ii. 13. And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses.

(2) John vi. 44, 65. No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him:-And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. 1 Cor. ii. 14. But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. See also Eph. ii. 2, 3, 4, 5, and Tit. iii. 3, 4, 5.

(3) IV. Col. i. 13. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. John viii. 34, 36. Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.-If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.

(4) Phil. ii. 13. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Rom. vi. 18, 22. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.—But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

is good, but doth also will that which is evil. (1)

V. The will of man is made perfectly and immutably free to good alone, in the state of glory only. (2)

CHAPTER X.

OF EFFECTUAL CALLING.

ALL those whom God hath predestinated unto life, and those only, he is pleased, in his appointed and accepted time, effectually to call,(3)

(1) Gal. v. 17. For the flesh lusteth against the spirit, and the spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. vii. 15. For that which I do, I allow not for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I.

(2) V. Eph. iv. 13. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. Jude 24. Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory, with exceeding joy.

(3) I. Rom. viii. 30. Moreover, whom he did predestinate, them he also called; and whom he called, them he also justified; and whom he justified, them he also glorified. Rom. xi. 7. What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. Eph. i. 10. That in the dispensation of the fulness of times, he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him.

by his word and Spirit, (1) out of that state of sin and death, in which they are by nature, to grace and salvation by Jesus Christ; (2) enlightening their minds, spiritually and savingly, to understand the things of God, (3) taking away their heart of stone, and giving unto them an heart of flesh; (4) renewing their wills,

(1) 2 Thess. ii. 13, 14.-God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Cor. iii. 3, 6. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.-Who also hath made us able ministers of the New Testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

(2) Rom. viii. 2. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began; but is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. See also Eph. ii. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

(3) Acts xxvi. 18. To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 12. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.-Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which 1s of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

(4) Ezek. xxxvi. 26. A new heart also will I give

and by his almighty power determining them to that which is good; (1) and effectually drawing them to Jesus Christ; (2) yet so as they come most freely, being made willing by his grace. (3)

II. This effectual call is of God's free and special grace alone, not from any thing at all foreseen in man, (4) who is altogether passive

you, and a new spirit will I put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.

and Ezek. xi. 19. And I will give them one heart,

I will put a new spirit within you. Deut. xxx. 6. And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. See also Ezek. xxxvi. 27.

(2) John vi. 44, 45. No man can come to me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him.-Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me.

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(3) Cant. i. 4. Draw me, we will run after thee. Ps. cx. 3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning thou hast the dew of thy youth. John vi. 37. (4) II. 2 Tim. i. 9. Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus, before the world began. Tit. iii. 4, 5. But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost. Rom. ix. 11. For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth. See also Eph. ii. 4, 5, 8, 9.