( i) 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. e. .V tl rs `M V a au r CHAP. L. The introduîlion. Afhort viewofMansprimitiveflate. His Conformity to God; natural, moral, and in Happi- nefs andDominionover the Creatures. The moral re- femblance, as it refers to all thefaculties. The happi- nefi ofMan with ref-peel to his fenfitive andfpiritual Nature. Ofall fublunaryCreatures he is only capable of a Law. What the Law ofNature contains. God entred into a Covenant with Man. The Reafans ofthat Dí penfation. The Terms of the Covenant were becoming God and Man. The fpecial claufe in the Covenant concerning the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Reafons ofthe Prohibition. pI E felicity which the Lord Jefus procu- red for Believers, includes a perfe& free- John 8. 36 . dom from Sin, and all affii&ive evils, the juft confequents of it : and the fruition of Righteoufnefs, Peace, and Joy, where- Rom. t4.17. in the Kingdom of God confifrs. In this the evangeli- cal Covenant excels thenatural; the Law fuppQfes Man upright, and the happinefs it promifes to exact Obedi- ence, is called Life; it rewardsInnocence with Immor- tality : but the Bleffednefs ofthe Gofpel is ftil'd Salva- tion, which lignifies the refcuing of lapfed Man from a Rate of mifery, and the invefling of him with unpe- ri ffling Glory. In order to the Difcoveryoftheexcellency ofthisBe- nefit, and the endearing Obligations laidonus by our Redeemer, 'tisneceffary to takea viewof that dreadful and defperate Calamity which feiz'd upon Mankind : B the
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