l4 Of l'r1an'J Original f!appinefl. &tat~ I. fingle tree, as a viGble tefi~11ony th-dt ht- mufl: hold a~l df h is Creator, as his great L:wcHord; . that 'ro while be.faw bi~1~felf lorcl _of the creatures, he might aot forge~ tnat he wa.s Hill God:s fubjeCI:. ' (2.) rbis was a memorial 0f his .m(1ta-ble fl:ate given in to him from heaven, to be laid up by.him, fM his greater caution. For man was"created wi~h a -free will .to .good, which tl)e tree of life Wils an -evidence of: . b!lt his wiU was alfo free ta evil, apd the .forbiddeiJ · tree was to him a mem0rial thereof. tt was, in~ manner, ~ c.ontin,ual watch-word to him again :1 evil, a bea.cun fet up bef9re l~i.m, to bid him beware of dafhing hirnfetf tGf ' ·P..ieces, ,.on the rock of fin. .( 3.) God made man upright,, dir.e~ed -towards God as the chief end. He fet him, like· Mr;fos, o·n ~ tb.e top of the hill, holding up his hands tQ· 'be.<n;,enJ;. ,a>nd as 4qron a)1~ Hu-t llayed up iliofa's hands;· . .Exod. x.v.-ii. to. r 1. 12.) fo God gave man an erett figure · .9[ body,, and forbid him the eating 0f this tree: · to keep llim in th~t pollure of up.rightnefs, whetei.n he was created. God made .the bealls.looking down towards the earth, , to· · -fhew that their fati.sfa.Cl.ion might be brought from thence; .and accordinglyit does afford them what is commenfurable .t~ their ~ppetite: bu·t the eretr figure .of man's body, whicl;t lqoketh upward, !hewed him, that his happinefs lay above ~him, in God; and that h.e was to expect it from heaven,' .and ·not from earth. Now this fair tree, .of which he w~·s fa~bidden to eat, taught him the fame leifon; that his hap– :J>inefs .]ay not in enjoymen~ of the creatu.res, for there was ~ want even in paradife : fo that the forbidden tree w.as, ,i.n effeCt, the hand of all the. cre.:.tnres, pointing mal!l away fro1p. thernfelves to God- for happinefs. It was a Gg.n o.f , . ~I;nptinefs .hung before the door of .the creation, with tha.t· ,iofcription, This is not )'~ur tvji. - __ . Fo~,t.rthly, ·As he had a perf~.tt tranquillity within his owtt. 'breall,.fo he had a perfeCt calq1 with_out. His heart had no-· thing to reproa.ch him wi.th; confcience then had notl-ling -t<> do, hut to dire&, approve and feafl: him: and without, .there· was nothing to annoy him. T ·he ~appy pair live.d in. ,perfeCt amity;> and tho' tl1eir knowledge waa vafi, true and• .~}ear, ~hey knew no fhame. T ·ho' they were na'ked, there; :were .no blufhes in their faces; far Gn, the feed tof fh<\.m~, . ·was not y~t Jpwn) Ge,:. ii . . 2 s ~ .a'nd thei~ b,eau~if~,l b_odie$, . w.ere
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