The harmony of the divine attributes in the contrivance and accomplishment of man's redemption…

In order to the Discovery of the excellency of this Benefit, and the endearing Obligations laid on us by ⟨p. 2⟩our Redeemer, 'tis necessary to take a view of that dreadful and desperate Calamity which seized upon Mankind: the wretchedness of our Captivity, illustrates the Glory of our Redemption. And since the misery of Man was not the original condition of his nature, but the effect of his guilty choice, 'tis requisite to make some reflection upon his first state▪ as he came out of the pure hands of God, that comparing our present misery with our lost happiness, we may revive in our breasts the affections of Sorrow, Shame and Indignation against our selves; and considering that the Heavenly Adam hath purchased for us a title to a better Inheritance than was forfeited by the Earthly one, we may with the more affectionate gratitude, extol the Favour & Power of our Redeemer.

In order to the Discovery of the excellency of this Benefit, and the endearing Obligations laid on us by ⟨p. 2⟩our Redeemer, 'tis necessary to take a view of that dreadful and desperate Calamity which seiz'd upon Mankind: the wretchedness of our Captivity, illustrates the Glory of our Redemption. And since the misery of Man was not the original condition of his nature, but the effect of his guilty choice, 'tis requisite to make some reflection upon his first state▪ as he came out of the pure hands of God, that comparing our present misery with our lost happiness, we may revive in our breasts the affections of Sorrow, Shame and Indignation against our selves; and considering that the Heavenly Adam hath purchased for us a title to a better Inheritance than was forfeited by the Earthly one, we may with the more affectionate gratitude, extol the Favour & Power of our Redeemer.

God who is the living Fountain of all Perfections, spent an entire Eternity, in the Contemplation of his own Excellencies, before any creature was made. In the moment appointed by his Wisdom, he gave the first Being to the […]. Three distinct orders of Natures He formed, the […] purely Spiritual, the other purely Material, and between both one mixed, which unites the […] in it self. This is Man, the abridgement of the […] verse, allied to the Angels in his Soul, and to material things in his Body, and capable of the Happiness of both; By his internal Faculties enjoying the felicity of the Intellectual: and by his external tasting the Pleasures of the Sensitive World. Man's greatest excellency was a perfect Conformity to the Divine Pattern. God created Man in his own Likeness, in the Image of God created he him. This includes;