A brief exposition with practical observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…A briefe exposition with practicall observations upon the whole book of Ecclesiastes by that…

Use 1. To refute the Popish doctrine that original righteousness ⟨p. 163⟩in Adam by Creation was wholly supernatural and given by free grace. But then Adam had been right without it, in which he was not, but right by it. It was indeed, First, Supernatural, as not flowing from the principles of nature; a man is a perfect man without it for substance. Secondly, As not deserved by men who had done neither good nor evil.

Ʋse 1. To refute the Popish doctrine that original righteousnesse ⟨p. 163⟩in Adam by Creation was wholly supernatural and given by free grace. But then Adam had been right without it, in which he was not, but right by it. It was indeed, First, Supernatural, as not flowing from the principles of nature; a man is a perfect man without it for substance. Secondly, As not deserved by men who had done neither good nor evil.

Secondly, Natural, as due, First, to the purity of Gods nature to make us so perfect. Secondly, To the integrity of mans nature, without which he was not so perfect in qualities as were meet for Gods pure nature to make. The Papists herein extol the freeness of grace to Adam, not to magnify the grace of God, but to derogate from the grace of Christ. For if nature were entire and perfect without Gods Image, then the want of it in corrupt nature is no sin but natural to man; And so original sin depraving nature, and requiring necessity of a new birth in Christ, is no sin, but suitable to right nature; and so original sin is no sin, not only after baptism, but even before baptism. But concupiscence is not of Gods work in nature, 1 John 2.16.

Secondly, Natural, as due, First, to the purity of Gods nature to make us so perfect. Secondly, To the integrity of mans nature, without which he was not so perfect in qualities as were meet for Gods pure nature to make. The Papists herein extol the freenesse of grace to Adam, not to magnifie the grace of God, but to derogate from the grace of Christ. For if nature were entire and perfect without Gods Image, then the want of it in corrupt nature is no sin but natural to man; And so original sin depraving nature, and requiring necessity of a new birth in Christ, is no sin, but sutable to right nature; and so original sin is no sin, not only after baptisme, but even before baptisme. But concupiscence is not of Gods worke in nature,