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[indent]are infinite things prepared for man's ufe only as fallen, as all medicinal herbs prepared for phyfic: phyfic prefumeth fucknefs, and ficknefs prefumeth fin. 
[indent] The effects of the fall of man are two-fold, internal and external. 
[indent]The internal effect is that which is called original fin, comprehending both the lofs of his original righteoufnefs, and of his fupernatural perfetions, and alfo the decay of his very natural faculties; whence floweth a continual lufting after that which is evil, and a repugnance to that which is good. Man's heart, like a vitiated fountain, or degenerate treem fend forth polluted freams and and four fruit. 
[indent] The external effects of the fall are comprifed in the curfe of the ground, the fubject of man's labour, which is comprehendeth all the miferies of the life; and in the fentence of death, which includes both temporal and eternal death, and all the miferies of both.
[indent] The effects of the fall of Adam took place not onlu in himfelef, but in all his proferity; becaufe GOD held him not as on perfon, but as the whole nature of mankind, until fuch time as he was come into that flate, in which GOD thought it beft to govern the race of mankind to the end of the world, namely, the flate of fin and mifery, needing grace and mercy.
[Indent] The third act of the execution of GOD's eternal counfel was, the refloration of man fallen; for the moft wife and mighty GOD, having created the world for man, and man for happinefs in the friution of himfelf, would not fuffer either the whole deftruction of his creature, or the fruftrating of his end; though he was pleafed to permit the depraving of his creature, and to forfake one ill-fucceeding way, to take a better for the attainment of this end. Hence Ireneus: "The whole ordering of falvation, touching man, was wrought according to the good pleafure of the Father, fo as GOD fhould not be overcome, nor his wifdom feem defective: for if man, who was made of GOD to live, having loft life by being wounded by the ferpent which had corrupted him, fould not again return to life, but
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"but be wholly fwallowed up of death, GOD had been overcome, and the ferpent's makice had conquered the will of GOD"
[indent] Hence GOD, the foreknew before all time the fall of man, had decreed in mercy to fpare and preferve fome degrees of his image in man, and to fufpend the execution of fome effects of his fall, that he might be a fubject poffible to be repaired, and capable of healing: and he did fo, elfe man had died prefently, or lived a mad and brutifh creature. But GOD in wifdom and goodnefs chofe not to deftroy him abfolutely, or wholly to make him anew. Moreover, out of the fame wifdom and goodnefs he had decreed to fupply another way that which was loft, and fo bring man back from the gattes of hell, and fet him in anew and fair way to heaven.
[indent] This his though for everlafting (magnum cogitatum Patris, as Tertullian calls it) was now revealed in due time, the time of man's mifery, namely, foon after the fall: for this gofpel in effect was preched unto him, that GOD would fend his own Son made of a woman, that fhould deftroy the works of the devil, and by daeth overcoming him that had the power of death, fhould deliver man from bondage, and reftore unto him righteoufnefs and life. 
[indent] Now, what by the remains of GOD's image left in man, and what by the fupply that GOD would make by his gracious help, miferable man fallen was reputed by GOD a fit perfon once again to be a party in covenant; a covenant of new conditions fuiting to the flate of finner, but tending to the fame ends, righteoufnefs and life. This new covenant is called the covenant of grace; firft, becaufe it was freely made with man a finner, utterly unworthy to have any more communion with GOD: fecondly, becaufe in it the falvation of man is wrought in him rather by GOD than by himfelf, rather puchafed by Chrift than merited by himfelf, being more in receiving than in giving, in believing than in doing. Yet hath it the natur of a true covenant, both parties having fomething for either to perform; GOD, to fend his Son and his