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ties, or powers; all things were created by
him, and for him; and he is before all things,
and BY him all things consist. John /: I. 3, ID;
Phil. ii: g. 7; Rom. tx: 5; Jude IS; Heb. i;
10; and lii 4.
HeJ equired and received dirine 1rer-
ship-Heb. i:6; When he briDgeth in the
tirst-begotten into the world, he saith; And
I let all the angels Of God worship him. John
+ " %; That all men should honorthe Sea,
even, as they honor the Father. He that
hoDoreth notthe Son, honoreth not the Faith
'er which hath sent him. Matt. ii: II; and
xviii: 9; John tx: 3s; Rev. v: II, ID.
a. He is truly and properly man, and as
such, he,was sub ect to the divine law, and
perfectly obeyed it. Heb. ii:.14, ~ For as
much thenas the children are partakers OF
flesh and blood he also himself likewise
took part of the same; that through death he
might destroy him that had the power OF
death, that is the devil;*** For verify he
took not on him the nature of angels, but he
took on him the seed of Abraham. Where
fore in all things it beloved hun to be made
like unto his brethren, Gal. iv: a; But when
the tuIlness the time was come, God sent
forth his Son, made Of woman, made I'M
der the law. Heb. X 7; Lo come Gin the
volume Of the book ii is written of me- to do
thy will, O God. Ps. .xl: 7, s; Heb. VII: 26,
81; and tx: IA,
g. The scriptures ascribe to the Holy
Spirit the acts of an intelligent being and
the attributes of Deity. John xvi 13. How
belt, when he, the Spirit Of truth, is come,
he will guide you into all truth. Acts Xiii: 2;
The Holy Ghost said separate me Barna-
has and Saul, for the work whereunto have
sailed them. / Cor ii: 10, II; John xvi: 8;
Heb tx: IA; Ps. cxxxix: Z.
ART. w. Ofmdn in his original state,
l. Man, consisting Of material body and
an immaterial, rational, immortal soul, was
created holy, bearing the image Of God his
Creator, and as a moral agent was capable
Of serving and en- Dying him. Eel. vii: 20;
God hath made man upright, Gen. /: II; So
God created man in his own image; in the
image of Ged created he him. 1Cor. XII: I;
Gen. III 16, II.
2. The condition Of life, and the perpctu-
ity Of happiness in paradise, was perfect
personal obedience Of which man, left to the
freedom Of hisown will was fully capable
Lev. xviii: 5; Ye shall therefore keep my
statutes and my Judgments; which ifa man
dohe shalt live in them; am the Lord
Eek. XIX: II; Rom v: 10; Gal. liz II; Gen.
In: II, IS, l9, %, "a.
Art. " Ofmaa's fallen stdte.-7l: Man
voluntarily transgressed the divine com
mand by yielding TO the temptations Of sa-
tan, and eating of the forbidden fruit, BY
which act be became totally destitute Of no.
Illness and wholly inclined to evil. Gen. iii:
!, s.; Gen. vi: 5; And God saw that the
wickedness Of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination Of the thoughts
Of his heart was only evil continually. Rom
iii: SIS; and viii: 7; Matt. XIV: l8, 49,
Ps. Iii; 1-3.
2. All the posterity of Adam in conse-
quence of their relation to him as their com
mon progenitor possess bias to sin. Rom
v: II, 10; " herefore as by one man sin en-
tered the world, and death by sin, and Sc
death passed uTon all men for that all have
sinned.-For as by one mans offence many
were made slnners.-Ps. lviii: 3; Job xiv: 4
and XIV: IA.
8. As this dePravity does not coz sist in ;
privation or lack Of faculties necessary t
serve God; but in an entire voluntary AM
wicked love ol-Sin, and an aversion 10 Coz
and holiness, men are still under obligation
ofrerfect obedience to all the precepts O
the Law and Gospel. Matt. XIV: Is. An
unto one he gave FIVE talents, to anothe
two, and to another one: to every man &C
cordng to his several ability.
Deut vi: 5; And thou shalt love the Lor
thy God with all thine heart, and with a.
5 thy soul, and with attthy might.
Arr. vi. fEiection.-A All actual. trans
E gressors who ever have been, or will be savec
!; were chosen in Christ before the foundatio
4 of the world. This choice is based on the
d forseen compliance with the conditions
4 salvation, under the influence of the spin
= and Of those means of grace, which they Ell
t Joy in common with others. Eph. l. /, s.
: According as he hath chosen us in him b.
S fore the foundation of the, world, that v
), should be holy and without blame bcto
y him in love: Having predestinated us un
d the adoption Of children by Jesus Christ
d himself according to the good pleasure .
his will 2 Thess. ii: Ii; Because God ha
e from the beginning chosen you unto salv
IS ton, thro' specification Of the spirit and
y lief of the truth. Pet. i: 3; Elect accor
i, ing to the foreknowledge of God the Fath'
in through sanctifcation Of the spirit, unto OF
dience and sprinkiing of the blood Of les
H. Christ. Rom. viii; %, 80; And we kno
n; that all things work together for good
re- them that love God 70 them who are
/. called according to his purpose. For who
- he did foreknow, he also did~predestipate
tbecopfomed to the image of his son, that
is might be the frst-born among many bre
a, rep; Moreover whom he did predestina
N them he also called; and whom he call
'at them he also justified; and whom he jus
Nv fed, them he also glori6ed. Rom. XII 2
- Acts XIII: 49.
no Art. VII. Of Atonement- In the inc
re nation, obedience, death, resurrection, asc
sion and intercession OF Christ, ample J
vision is made for the salvation Of all IN
mp. Rom iii: IS, 26; Whom God hath set fc
,or1 to be a Precipitation through faith in
-. blood, to declare his righteousness for
" remission Of sins that are past through
lforbearance Of God: TO declare say at
ess- time his righteousness; that he might
ator Just and the justi6er of him which belie1
A. *. -. Ish ~, O ~ Pr. no. eoo L.