Orthodox Creed · Chapter 20

Of Free-will in Man

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1. God hath indued the Will of Man with that natural liberty and power, of acting upon Choice, that it is neither forced, nor by any necessity of Nature determined, to do Good or Evil:^a But Man in the state of Innocency, had such power and liberty of Will, to chuse and perform that which was acceptable and well pleasing to God, according to the requirement of the First Covenant;^b but he falling from this state of Innocency, wholly lost all ability, or liberty of Will, to any Spiritual Good, for his eternal Salvation,^c his Will being now in bondage under Sin and Satan;^d and therefore not able of his own strength to Convert himself, nor prepare himself thereunto, without God’s Grace taketh away the enmity out of his Will, and by his special Grace, freeth him from his natural Bondage under Sin, enabling him to will freely and sincerely, that which is spiritually good,^e according to the tenure of the new Covenant of Grace in Christ, though not perfectly according to the tenure of the First Covenant;^f which perfection of Will is only attainable in the state of Glory, after the Redemption, or Resurrection of our Fleshly Bodies.^g

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