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Excerpt from The Original, and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered: Wherein Is Shewn, the Nature of His Fall, and the Necessity, Means, and Manner of His Restoration, Through the Sacrifice of Christ
Nothing but the Divine Nature can enable any intelligent Creature to refill Temptation, and act up to the Divine Will. If therefore any created Being is required to keep up there unto, it mull: be afiif'ted by Divine Power fo to do. God created Man for a Purpofe of his own Glory. To glorify God, and to partake of his Glory, Man mufi walk in Obedience to his Will. Man could neither infallibly know his Will, nor confiantly perform it, merely. By the Strength of his own Faculties; he mui't therefore, necefiarily have been aflif'ted by the Spirit of God, to enable him to perform his Will, and fo to obey him as to glorify him, and enjoy a bleffed Inheritance in him other wife, the End of Man's Creation could not be anfwered. Hence it is concluded, the firfl Man Adam was made a living Soul by the Infpi ration of the fecond Adam Chrifi, who is a quichening Spirit for that was not firft which 1 Cor. Xv. Is fpiritual, but that which is natural and 45' 46' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
