Evi(Jmces-of _Di--vine Wifdam cHAP. XVII. Otl7err ElJidences of DilJine Wifdom in the contrilJance of tl)t work oflf\!demption·in and by the Perfon ofChrift, in Ef~ feEls e'videnc_ing aamdecency thereunto._ THat which remains of our prefent enquiry, is conce.r~ · ning thofe Evidences of Divine Condec'ency or fuitable– neis unto infinite 117ifdo'!! ~nd Goodnefs? which we mayga~ ther from the Nature otth1s.work, and 1ts Effeas, as expref– fed in Divine Re'Velation. Some few infiances hereof I fhall chufe out from amongfi many that might be infifted oo. r. Man was made to ferveGod in all things. In his Perfon, ' ·in his Soul and Body, in all his Faculties, Powers andSenfes~ in all .that was g~ven untohimor intrufied with him, he was not his own, but every way a Servant, in all that he was, in all that he had, in all that he did or was to do. This he .was made for,this fiate and condition was ne~effary unto him as a Creature. It could be no otherwife with any that was fq, it was fo with the Angels who were greater in Dignity and Power than man. The very name ofCreature includes the condition of univerfal fubjefrion and fervice unto the Creator. This condition in and by his fin, Adam defigned to defert, and to free himfelf from. He would exalt himfelf out ofthe flate of Service and Obedience, abfolute and univer- .fal,into a conditionoffeljfuflici.ency of Domination and Rule~ He would /;e as God,. like unto Goa, that is, fubjecr no more to 1\im, be in no more dependance on him, but advance his own Will' above the Will of God. And there is fomewhat of this in every fin; the finner would advance his own Will m. '
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