A Body of Practical Divinity

Answ. It is likely it did bear Thorns; for when God had done creating, he made no new Species, or Kinds of things: but the meaning is, now after Sin the Earth should bring forth more plenty of Thorns, and now those Thorns should be hurtful, and choke the Corn, which hurtful quality was not in them before. Ever since the Fall, all the Comforts of this Life have a Thorn and a Thistle in them. 4. The fourth fruit of the Curse was the driving Man out of Paradise, vers. 24. So he drove out the Man. God at first brought Adam into Paradise, as into an House ready furnished, or as a King into his Throne, Gen. 1.28. have dominion over every living thing that moveth. Now God's driving Adam out of Paradise, signified his dethroning and banishing him, that he might look after an heavenly and a better Paradise. 5. A fifth fruit of the Curse was Death, verse 19. To dust thou shalt return. Death was not natural to Adam, it came in after sin. Josephus is of opinion, Man should have died though he had continued in Innocency, only he should have had a ⟨p. 68⟩longer term of years added to his life; but out of question, Death grew out of the Root of Sin: the Apostle saith, Rom. 5.12. By sin came death. See then how cursed a thing Sin is, that hath brought so many Curses upon the Creation. If we will not hate Sin for its Deformity, let us hate it for the Curse it brings.

Answ. It is likely it did bear Thorns; for when God had done creating, he made no new Species, or Kinds of things: but the meaning is, now after Sin the Earth should bring forth more plenty of Thorns, and now those Thorns should be hurtful, and choke the Corn, which hurtful quality was not in them before. Ever since the Fall, all the Comforts of this Life have a Thorn and a Thistle in them. 4. The fourth fruit of the Curse was the driving Man out of Paradise, vers. 24. So he drove out the Man. God at first brought Adam into Paradise, as into an House ready furnished, or as a King into his Throne, Gen. 1.28. have dominion over every living thing that moveth. Now God's driving Adam out of Paradise, signified his dethroning and banishing him, that he might look after an heavenly and a better Paradise. 5. A fifth fruit of the Curse was Death, verse 19. To dust thou shalt return. Death was not natural to Adam, it came in after sin. Iosephus is of opinion, Man should have died though he had continued in Innocency, only he should have had a