Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1863 edition. Excerpt: ... BOOK II. Of the first estate of men and angels by their creation.--What were the laws and rights of creation; and what was equitably due between the Creator and his creature.--Of the state of the first man Adam in innocence, and what were his circumstances in that fits primitive condition. CHAPTER I. What was the law of creation on God's part ?--It was but what became and was worthy of the great Creator to do all for his creatures that such a religion* required.--This consisted in two things: First, To endow them with the image of holiness, to qualify than to attain their designed end, which was to know, love, and enjoy him; Secondly, To continue his goodness and favour to them as long as they continued in their duty and obedience.-- The condition of both angels and men by the law of their creation common and equal for substance. My design in this discourse is, in the end, to magnify the supercreation grace of God in election, and the glory of Christ as our head and a Saviour, which was to be revealed upon our fallen condition, though ordained afore all worlds. And I judged it greatly conducible to this end to begin next to set out the right and true measure of our state and condition by virtue of our first creation, as wo came forth out of God's hands first, with the dues and privileges belonging to it, and not of ours only, but of the angels by their first creation; by the view and compare of which we shall be capacitated and enabled to destroy | an infinite weight of that supercreation grace added by election, that was ordained us, as it were, over the head of mero natural or creation goodness. And we shall find that it is not only that we are sinful and fallen, that affords matter and occasion to exalt supernatural grace, but even...
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