I. » Heb. i. 2. Hath in these la.st

-> spoken unto us by his Son,
. m he hath appointed heir cf all
jrs, by whom also he made the
: 'd?. John i. 2, The same was
i.e beginning with God. Ver. 3.
. things were made by him ; and
without him was not any thing
made that was made. Gen. i. 2.
And the earth was without form
and void ; and darkness was upon
*''•■ face of the deep : and the .Spirit
• od moved upon tlie face of the
crs. Job xxvi. 13. By his Spirit
he hath garnished the heavens ; his
hand hath formed the crooked ser-
;'t. Job xvxiii. 4. The Spirit of
.1 hath matle me, and the breath
'le Almighty hath given me life.
Rom. i. 20. Tor the invisible
o-iiigs of him from the creation
of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal jx)wer and Godliead ; so that tliey are with- out excuse. Jer. x. 12. He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. Psal. civ. 24. O Lord, liow manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. Psal. xxxiii. 5. He loveth righteousness and judgement : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. Ver. 6. By tiie word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by tlie breath of his mouth.
*^ [TAe ivhole Jirtt Chafitur of Gen.'\ Heb. xi. 3. Through faith we un- dersund that the worlds were iram- ed by the word of (rod, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Col. i. JC. For by him were all things created that are in heaven, and that are iu earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him. Acts xvii. 24. God, that made the world, and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwell- eth not In temples made with ha:ids. 11. dyen.
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man, male and female'^, mth reasonable and immortal souls % endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true ho- liness, after his own image ^5 having the law of God written in their hearts ^, and power to fulfil it ^ ; and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change '. Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil '^ ; which
while
n. d Gen. J. 27. So God created man in his own image ; in the image of God created he him : male and female created he them.
^ Gen. ii. 7. And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life ; and man became a living soul. With Eccl. xii. 7. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was ; and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. And Luke xxiii. 43. And Jesus said unto him. Verily I say unto thee. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. And Mat. x. 28. And fear not them ■which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul ; but ratlier fear him vvliich is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
f Gen. i. 26. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness ; and let them have dominion over the fish of the .sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Col. iii. 10. And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge; after the image of him that created him. Eph. iv. 24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
^ Rom. ii. 14. For when the Gen-
tiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Ver. 15. Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else ex- cusing one another.
h Eccl. vii. 29, Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions.
i Gen. iii. 6. And when the wo- man 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 wdse ; she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. Eccl. vii. 29. [Se^' Idler •» immediately J'oregohig.^
k Gen. ii. 17. 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. iii. 8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. Ver. 9. And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said un- to him. Where art thou ? Ver. 10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden ;
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while they kept, they were happy in tlieir communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures'.
CHAP. V. Of Providence.
GOD, the great Creator of all things, doth uphold', direct, dispose, and govern all creatures, actions, and things *», from the greatest even to the least % by his most
wise
garden ; and I was afraid, because I was naked ; and I hid myself. V. II. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof i commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat f