Human nature in its fourfold state ... In several practical discourses

Fourthly, As he had a perfect tranquillity within his own breast, so he had a perfect calm without: His heart had nothing to reproach him with; conscience then had nothing to do, but to direct, approve and feast him: and without, there was nothing to annoy him: The happy pair lived in perfect amity; and tho' their knowledge was vast, true and clear, they knew no shame: Tho' they were naked, there were no blushes in their faces; for sin, the seed of shame was not yet sown, Gen. ii. 25. and their beautiful bodies were not capable of injuries from the air; so they had no need of clothes, which are originally the badges of our shame: They were liable to no diseases, nor pains; and tho' they were not to live idle; yet toil, weariness, and sweat of the brows, were not known in this state.

Fifthly, Man had a life of pure delight, and undreggy pleasure in this state: Rivers of pure pleasures run through it: The earth, with the product thereof, was now in its glory; nothing had yet come in, to mar the beauty of the creatures. God set him down, not in a common place of the earth; but in Eden, a place eminent for pleasantness, as the name of it imports: nay, not only in Eden, but in the garden of Eden; the most pleasant spot of that pleasant place: a garden planted by God himself, to be the mansion-house of this his favourite. As, when God made the other living creatures, he said, Let the water bring forth the moving creature, Gen i. 20. And, Let the earth bring firth the living creature, ver. 24. But when man was to be made, he said, Let us make man, ver. 20. So, when the rest of the earth was to be furnished with herbs and trees, God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, and the fruit-tree, Gen. i. 11. But of paradise it is said, God planted it, chap. ii. 8. which cannot but denote a singular excellency in that garden, beyond all other parts of the th•• beautiful earth. There he wanted neither for necessity nor delight: for there was •ry tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, ver. 9. He know not these delights which luxury has invented for the gratifying of lusts: but his delights were such as came out of the hand of God; without passing through' sinful hands, which readily leave marks of impurity on what they touch. So his delights were pure, his pleasures refined. And yet may I now show you a more excellent way: wisdom had entered into is heart: surely then knowledge was pleasant unto