in the Contrilhmce ofthe Wod .. of~dempticn. 2 7 1 2. Adam was Poor in himftifas a Creattlremufl: be. What Riches he had in his hand or Power, they were none of his own, they were only trufl:ed wit11)iim tor efpecia.l fervice. In this. fiate ofPoven)' he ~om,n:irs the Robbery ofatre~pting_ to be hke unto God. Be1~g ~poor he would· make htmfelt . Richby the Rapineof an equality with G~d. This brought on him and us all, as it was meet it fl1ould, the lofs of all that we were entrufl:ed with, Hereby we loil: the Image of God, lofl: our right unto the Creatures here below, loft our felves and our fouls. This was the Iifue of his attempt, to be R~ch when he was Poor. In this !late infinite Wifdom bath provided for our relief unto the Glory of God. For the Lord Jefus Chri/f being Rich in himfolj, for ourfakes he became Poor, that we through his Poverty might be Ric&, · 2 Cor. 8. 9· He was Rich in that Riches which Adam defigned by Robbery. For he was in the form of God, and accounted it. no Robbery to be equal with God.. But he made himfelf Poor for .our fakes, with Poverty which Adam would have relinquifhed; yea to that. degree that he had not where to lfly his head, he had nothing. Hereby he made a compenfation for what he ne·v_er maclejpoil of, or paid what he never took. In this condefcenfion of his, out of Grace and Love to Mankind, was God more glorifi– ed, than he was difhonoured in the finful exaltation of Adam out ofPride and Self-love. 3· The fin ofman con!ifl:ed formally in De[obedience~ And it was theDifobedienceof him who was every way and in all things obliged unto Obedience. For man by all that he was by all that he had received, by all that he expected or wa~ . farther capable of,by the confl:itution of his own Nature,by the Nature and Authority of God with his relation thereunto, was ind_ifpenjib£y obliged unto univerfal Obediet?-ce. His fin there– fore was theDifolJedie(lce ofhim who was abfolutely obliged lJ.iltQ
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