@jJYimz's O;iginal Right~ou(tttfi. . !J this was neceifary; to fit him for uni verfal ob'edie~~e:; fee– ing no obedience can be according to the lawi unlefs it proceed 1from· a fenfe of the commandment of Go?i' re– quiring it. 'Tis t>rue, A dam· had· not: the·lawWJitten uppn tables of !lone; but it was written· UJJOO his,mind, the knowledge thereof being' conereated with' him:. God im·· preffed· it ~pon his foul, and·made hiln' a·Iavi to hhtife/f,. · as the r€ma·ins· ef it: amoAg the Heathen!f d'o,teHify, Rom•. ii.. 14. If. And feeing·man· was made· to·be· the mouth· Gf the creation, t:o glorify God\ in his ,worKs·;· we have g~ouncl: to believe,. he had' naturall:y an•exquifite kn?tw!edg~ ofthe·'i!Jorkj of God.. We have a: proof of this~ . in his giv– ing names· to the bea{h of t·he field~ and;the fowl~ of the air, and: tbefe. fuch as exprefs-. their. nature; Wllaifoever .Ada.'}t' callei~very.living· crea(rurq:, th~ttWa5' t-h-e· name · thereof, Gen .. ii•; I 9• And the dominion whicH God ga1e liim o¥er the·creatures; folYerly,to ufe and' difpofe of them· according· to his will (fii11 ,in.fubordination to the will of' Ged) ,feems-to require no · lefs than a knowledge of thei r' ,natures.. .And befides all t-his, his· perfetl: knowledge of .the law; proves his knowledge ·in the management of civil --....... _fljfaius,. :which, fn·refpefl:· of the law of God; a· good m'an · · 'W.fllguide cwith dijoretion, PfaL cx-ii. y;. . · .Secondlj., 'His wiJl; lay' !haigh't· with the will ' of God, Eph'.iw. 24:. Thet:e was- no ·c;,orruption in his will, no bent nor inclination•t() evil'·; for that: is· fin properly and truly , fo called.:· hence tl:ie apo!He ·fays-, Ro11t• vii. 7· I had not ltnorwn,jin, but- by t:he !arw ·: for I had not.knO.wn lufl, ex· oept· the law ·hadfaidt 'Thoujhalt not covet.. An inclina– tion to · ev·il', is really. a·fountain of fin, and therefore in– c::onfiftentl witH,_that rectitude· and uprightnef~ which the tex;t exprefly.fays-, he was ·endued with at his creation The will of mao then was diie&ed,. and naturally iocliAed to ·God and· goodnefs, tho' 'mutably.. It was difpofed, by its . : origin~l' maRe, to follow the-Creator's· will~ . as the {hadow .does the body; and' was not: left. in an equalJ balance to ' good'and evil-: for. at that rate he had·notbeen U.LJright, nor habitually con.fo"rrn to ,tha' law; which in no moment:can• allow the creature not .to' he inclined towards God'· as his qhief-end, more than it can allow man to be a god ·to him– ~1£. law wa~ · refled upQnddam?~ foul .:· no~ this-;
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