. . in the [OJ~'litution oft!Je Per[on ofChrift. 241 and Righteoufnefs left in the whole Creation here below ; , no way6[ rendring any glory to him, in, for, or by any other ·of his works; no means to1 bring man unto .the enjoyment -of God for which he was made. And whereas he had brought -confufon and diforder into the Rule and Kingdom of God, ·which according unto the Law of Creation and its Sanfrion could not be rectified but by the eternal ruine of the !inner; and had moreover given up himfelf unto the Rule and (onduCl of Satan: Whether I [1.y hereon, it .was meet with re(pefr .unto the holy Properties of the Divine Nature, that all Man– kind il10uld be left eternafb' in this condition, without re– medy or relief: Or whether there were not 1a condecency and fuitablenefs unto them, that at leafi our Nature in fime portion of it fl10uld be refiored. ' · (/M ---2Upon a fuppofition that the granting of a Recoverywas . fuited unto the L'o[y PerfeClions otthe D1vine Nature, a&ing themfelves by Infinite Wijdom·, what Rays of that J{lifdom may we difcern in the finding out and confiitution ofthe way and means of that Recovery. . · t' The firfi of thefe I 11-rall fpeak but briefly unto in this place, becaufe I have treated more largely concerning it in ano– ther. For there are many things which argue a condecency un– to the Divine Perfections herein; namely, that Ma.nkind • Jhould not 6e left utterf:J remedi.lefs in that gulf of mifery whereinto it w~s plunged. · I fl1all at prefent only infifi on one of them. · ( God had originally cre_ated two forts of intellectual crea– tures capable of the eternal enjoyment of himfelf; namely, Angels andMen: That he would fo mal~e either fort or both, was a meer effefr of his Soveraign Wijdom and Pleafure. But on a fuppofition that he would fo make them, they mufi be made for his Glory. Thefe t\.vo forts thus created, he placed in feveral habitations prepared for them, fuitable unto their I i · Natures,
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