Chapter 9

Of Free Will

The state of man's will in relation to sin and grace.

Article 9.1

The Will of Man

God hath endued the will of man with that natural liberty, that is neither forced nor by any absolute necessity of nature determined to good or evil.

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Article 9.2

The Will in Innocence

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

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Article 9.3

The Will After the Fall

Man, by his fall into a state of sin, hath wholly lost all ability of will to any spiritual good accompanying salvation; so as a natural man, being altogether averse from that good, and dead in sin, is not able, by his o…

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Article 9.4

The Will in Regeneration

When God converts a sinner, and translates him into the state of grace, he freeth him from his natural bondage under sin, and by his grace alone enables him freely to will and to do that which is spiritually good; yet so…

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