QUESTIO -N VIII. 309 Adam, if we consider, that when theapostle expresses the fallen state of man, he says, Rom. iii. 23. All have sinned, and come short ofthe gloat of God, that is, have lost their hope of that glory of God, that 'glorious state in immortality which Godpro- mised, and to which man would have been entitled by, his obe- dience, as chapter ii. verse 7. before cited,. Text IV. There' is another text also which has been used to prove; that Adam, was not merely under a law with a threa- tening, but also under-a covenant with a- promise; and that is, Hos. vi. 7. They like men have transgressed the covenant: Bett ih the original it is, they have transgressed. covenant like Adam; which imports that Adam was under a covenant of life, as well as a law that threateneddeath : For there must be a pro- mise of life as well as threatening ofdeath to make a law become a covenant. But I proceed to thenext proposition. VI. Adambroke the law of his Maker, lost his image and bis favour, forfeited the hopes of immortality, and exposed him- . self to the threatening of God, to many sorrows in life, and at last to death ; Gen. iii. 17. " And God said to Adam, because thou hast eaten of the tree which I commanded thee, saying, thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life : In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou returnl' Now that Adam lost the image of Cod, that is, broke his -hhabit of holiness, or destroyed the inward principle of virtue and piety, is evident from the nature of things, as I have shown finder the third question, proposition the eighth. By making such an inroad upon conscience, by sinning against so much light, by giving such a loose to sinful appetite, by losing both his own delightful sense of the favour and love of God, and thereby losinghis own love to God ; his reason and conscience grew weak to subdue or restrain his inclinations to evil things, his corrupt appetites still prevailed further upon him, for he was forsaken of God, and had not any peculiar aids from heaven to resist temptation. And that he lost also the favour of God, and some peculiar privileges of the state of innocence; is plain; for he who used to converse with God with pleasure, and was well acquainted with the voice of the Lord God in the garden, by former delightful converse with him Gen. iii. 8. now heard the voice of the Lord in the garden, and Adam andhis wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord : And when God called after him, verse 9. Adam said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and hid myself. Here it may be noted, that it isvery probable, though Adam v S
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