Chapter 4
Of Creation
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In the beginning it pleased God the
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,1 for the
manifestation of the glory of His
eternal power,2 wisdom, and
goodness, to create or make the
world, and all things therein,
whether visible, or invisible, in the
space of six days, and all very
good.3
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After God hath made all other
creatures, He created man, male and
female,4
with reasonable and immortal
souls,5
rendering them fit unto that life to
God, for which they were created;
being made after the image of God, in
knowledge, righteousness, and true
holiness;6
having the law of God written in
their hearts,7 and power to
fulfil it; and yet under a
possibility of transgressing, being
left to the liberty of their own
will, which was subject to
change.8
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Besides the law written in their
hearts, they received a command not
to eat of the tree of knowledge of
good and evil;9 which whilst
they kept, they were happy in their
communion with God, and had dominion
over the creatures.10
Footnotes:
1. Jn 1:2-3;
Heb 1:2; Job 26:13.
2. Ro 1:20. 3.
Col 1:16; Ge 1:31.
3. Col 1:16;
Ge 1:31.
4. Ge
1:27.
5. Ge 2:7.
6. Ecc 7:29;
Ge 1:26.
7. Ro
2:14-15.
8. Ge 3:6.
9. Ge
2:17.
10. Ge
1:26,28.
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