he obeyed his governor's will; and if he fell, he fell in the hands of his governor, and to his disposing.

Fifthly. If he had not been left to his own. will, God could not justly have condemned him. Sixthly. Nor Adam could not justly have condemned himself.

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to a place of dignity, honor, and confidence. Famine raged in the land of his nativity; this was to bring Jacob and his brethren into Egypt; Jacob died, Joseph died, and Pharoah died. order to accomplish the designs of God in afflicting his people, another Pharoah that knew not Joseph, was to have the government of Egypt; the former Pharoah, from his very make, and the services Joseph had rendered him, could not tyranize over them (for it is not all that can be tyrants, in addition to a marble form, a tyrant has an iron heart.) Hence God raised up this Pharoah (cast in a peculiar mould) for this very end and purpose, and for no other whatever, to afflict, but the affliction was for a given time; and when the moment came, Pharoah is informed, that he was raised up for this very end and purpose, that the power of God might be shewn in him, and that God's name should be declared throughout all the Earth. Exod. ix. 16. Rom.

ix. 17.

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Seventhly. Had God given Adam a promise of upholding, and not left him to his own will, Satán assaulting of Adam, had assaulted God, as in the case of every believer, so he could not justly have overcome him; Zech. ii. 8. or God must falsify his promise.

Eighthly. Had he not been left to his own will (that was free) he had not been left in the similitude of God; for he having the liberty of his will, to will freely, uncapable of being forced, was a glorious image of God.

The next thing in order is, Who this World was created for? and who it was made by ?

First. It was made for him to whom all is committed, which is Jesus Christ. Col. i. 16. 1 Cor. viii. 6. Heb. i. 2.

Secondly. It was created by Jesus Christ, not only for him, but by him. Col. i. 16. Heb. i. 2. John i. 3.

Both these points being proved, I begin the Amplification of the first; the Doctrine shall be the Words of the Scriptures. All things that has been made in time, has been made for Jesus Christ, whether it was Heaven, whether it was angels, whether it was the earth with its fullness, whether it was Adam, whether it was the covenant made with him, whether it was the law upon Mount Sina; all things were for him and by him.

If all things were made for Jesus Christ (a),. then Jesus Christ must be before all things. Col. i. 17. And he is before all things, (saith the Apostle) and by him all things consist. Now

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(4) All things were made for him. There are none who believe the Bible to be a revelation from God, that can call this in question; being a positive assertion without the most distant shadow of an equivoque. The enquiry therefore is, for what purpose were all things made for Christ? It must have for its object, a design worthy of God, and worthy the reception of Christ in the sense it is to be taken; for if Christ did not discover in the things formed an object worthy of his acceptance, his choice could not be determined; for the freedom of choice does not, neither can it be the result of coercion, but it must arise from the nature and the fitness of the object proposed to the understanding; and if there was any thing to be performed by Christ, or sufferings to be endured, in consequence of the end proposed in the creation of all things, and his acceptance of them in the sense meant, the object will be found to possess energy sufficient to induce obedience, and will serve as a powerful stimulus, to endure sufferings.

In a certain sense all things were made for God. (By God I mean the three divine persons

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more particularly were made for him. angels? Heb. i. 14.

if all things, then angels
Why, what need had he of
Are they not all ministring

spirits? He stood in need of them to serve, and
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in one undivided essence, irrespective of the œconomy of any dispensation.) He made all things, that the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world, might be clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, Rom. i. 19, 2c. And as the wisdom of Father, Son, and Spirit, were equally concerned in the formation of the plan, the power inhering in the three divine persons equally engaged in its execution, the subject formed participating equally of the image of all; and being the happy recipient of their united gifts to an equal degree, there could be no possible difference in point of right in this sense, in any degree whatever. For Adam, in the simple state of his creation, stood equally related, and equally indebted to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Come, let us make man, (herein we see the united co-operation of power) in our own image, (herein he partook equally of their moral qualities) after our likeness, (the design formed by their united wisdom) let him have dominion over the fish of the sea, &c. (the unity of their munificence, in the gift of universal empire.) So, in whatever

Angels,

that was all; therefore, no reward for their serever Fevervices, but their delight in their services.

Secondly. Men were made for Jesus Christ also, not for themselves. It could not be for any

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whatever point of view we regard Adam in the simple state of creation, he was as much made for the Father, as the Son, the Son as the Spirit, and the Spirit as both, without any difference whatever for if we admit, as the Scriptures assert, an equality of dignity, of operation and design, there can be no difference of right, therefore no greater right enjoyed by the one above the other, and without any possible diminution or increase of that right. In order to ascertain the nature of the object, we must take the Scriptures, and refertes these only for our referees. What is the nature of that object, according to the testimony of God? for the testimony of man has no authority, but in proportion to its agreement with that of God. In the word, we find proposed, as a motive to Christ, (and let it be recollected, that when we Christ. speak of Christ, we attach the idea of man and God united in one person, and anointed to the offices hereafter mentioned, to the latter absolute Deity irrespctive, as was said before, of any œconomy or dispensation whatever.) The Heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession; and this was in consequence