John Trapp on Philippians 2:13

Verſe 13. For it is God which worketh] Therefore work out, &c. As actiagentes, moti moventes, as the inferiour orbs move, as acted by the ſuperiour. When God hath tuned, and doth touch us, we muſt move: and whileſt the ſpirit imbreaths us, we muſt turn about like the mill.

To will and to doe] Sub laudibus naturae latent inimici gratiae, faith Auguſtine; who ſtood ſo much for grace, that the Schoolmen ſay he yeelded too little to free-will. That we live is the gift of the gods (ſaith Seneca) that we live well, is of our ſelves.De nat. deor. A baſe ſpeech! So Cicero, Judicium hoc omnium mortalium eſt, fortunam à Deo petendam, à ſeipſo ſumendam ſapientiam. For which impious ſentence Auguſtine faith of him, Eumut faceret homines liberos, feciſſe ſacrilegos. De eiv D[illegible: 1 letter]i l 5