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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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For this, consult with Gen. 2.16, 17. And the Lord commanded the man, saying, of every Tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat, but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thou shalt not eat; for in the day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die. The Subject then of our next Discourse is, the Covenant of Works. This Covenant was made with Adam, and all Mankind; for Adam was a public Person, and the Representative of the World.
For this, consult with Gen. 2.16, 17. And the Lord commanded the man, saying, of every Tree of the Garden thou mayest freely eat, but of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, thou shalt not eat; for in the day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely die. The Subject then of our next Discourse is, the Covenant of Works. This Covenant was made with Adam, and all Mankind; for Adam was a publick Person, and the Representative of the World.
Quest. For what Reason did God make a Covenant with Adam and his Posterity in Innocency?
Resp. 1. To show his Sovereignty over us, we were his Creatures; and as God was the great Monarch of Heaven and Earth, God might impose upon us terms of a Covenant. 2. God made a Covenant with Adam to bind him fast to God; as God bound himself to Adam, so Adam was bound to God by the Covenant.
Resp. 1. To shew his Soveraignty over us, we were his Creatures; and as God was the great Monarch of Heaven and Earth, God might impose upon us terms of a Covenant. 2. God made a Covenant with Adam to bind him fast to God; as God bound himself to Adam, so Adam was bound to God by the Covenant.