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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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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.
Quest. What was the Covenant?
Resp. God commanded Adam not to eat of the Tree of Knowledge; God gave Adam leave to eat of all the other Trees of the Garden. God did not envy him any Happiness, only, meddle not with this Tree of Knowledge, because God would try Adam's Obedience: As King Pharaoh made Joseph chief Ruler in his Kingdom, and gave him a Ring off his Finger, and a Chain of Gold, only he must not touch his Throne,