The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

Lastly, the punishment of mans transgression resteth not in man alone, it is of a more large extent, & reacheth, for mans sake, to the other creatures: for as they were for his service and command made in all excellency of perfection: So by the fall of Adam he hath not only undone himself and his posterity, but even the brute beasts and all the dumb creatures are impaired by it, & groan under that impair: for so God pronounceth, Gen. 3. 17. Cursed be the earth for thy sake. And again, Verse 18. Brambles and Briers shall it bring forth unto thee. And the Apostle, Rom. 8. 22. The whole Creation (that is, all the things created) groan and travail together, unto this present time. And that, he calleth there vanity, or a vanishing and a flitting estate subject to corruption and decay, they having a part in the punishment of man, to aggrieve his curse, and to make it more appear how fearful his transgression was, whereof all the Creatures, and the whole frame of the Creation doth feel the smart, as ^ePaul saith, They are subject unto vanity for him that subdued them, that is, to obey the Creator's pleasure, who by casting them into this vanity, would leave it testified, how much he is offended with man, for whose good he had created them in a far more excellent condition.²

Lastly, the punishment of mans transgression resteth not in man alone, it is of a more large extent, & reacheth, for mans sake, to the other creatures: for as they were for his seruice and command made in all excellencie of perfection: So by the fall of Adam he hath not onely vndone himselfe and his posteritie, but euen the brute beasts and all the dumbe creatures are impayted by it, & grone vnder that impayre: for so God pronounceth, Gen. 3. 17. Cursed bee the earth for thy sake. And againe, Ʋerse 18. Brambles and Bryers shall it bring forth vnto thee. And the Apostle, Rom. 8. 22. The whole Creation (that is, all the things created) grone and trauaile together, vnto this present time. And that, hee calleth there vanitie, or a vanishing and a flitting estate subiect to corruption and decay, they hauing a part in the punishment of man, to agrieue his curse, and to make it more appeare how fearfull his transgression was, whereof all the Creatures, and the whole frame of the Creation doth feele the smart, as