inContaitt, lit an' cbe ptiottd ;5 fromGod, the reft were not complicated in their Sinand Chap. II. Ruine. But when the univerfal Progenitour of men u.Th finn'd, there was a Confpiracy of all the Sons of Adam in that Rebellion, and not one Subject left in his Obe- dience. 2. He was the moral Principle of Mankind. In the firfl Treaty between God and Man, Adam was confi- der d not as a tingle perfon, but as caput gentis, and contraaed for all his defcendants by ordinary gene- ration. His Perlon was the Fountain of theirs, and hisWill the Reprefentative of theirs. From hence his vaft Progeny became a party in the Covenant, and had a title to the Benefits contaín'd in it upon his Obedi- ence, and was liable to the Curfe upon his violation of it. Upon this ground the Apoftle inftitutes a pa- rallel betweenAdam and Chrïfl ; That as by one Mans Rom. 5. iqï difobedience many were made (inners; fo by the obedi- ence ofOne, many were made' righteous. As Chrift in his Death on the Crofs didnot fuffer as a private per- fon, but as a furety and fponfor reprefenting the whole Church, according to the teftimony of Scripture, If one died for all, then all were dead fo the fir 2 Cor. 5. 15. Adamwho was thefigure ofhim that was to come, in Rom. 5. I4. his Difobedience was efteem'd a 'niblick Perron, re- prefenting the whole raceof Mankind 5 and by a juft Law it was not reftrain'd to himfelf, but is the Sin of the common nature. Adam broke the fi'rfl link in the chain whereby Mankind was united to God, and all the other parts which depended upon it are need: farily feparated from him. Fromhence the Scripture faith, that by Nature we are Children of wrath, that Ephef.2, 3. is, liable to punithment, and that hath relation to guilt. And of thiswe have convincing Experience in the common Evils which afiliét Mankind, before the corn- F 2 mifion
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