ty they had so atrociously sinned and transgressed, and who alone was able to procure a ransom to save them from their lost state. He therefore, in the riches of his mercy and grace, looked down upon them, commiserating their lost condition, and gave them the promise of a Redeemer, in his only begotten Son, as the seed of the woman, who is to bruise the head of the serpent, to deliver Adam and his posterity from the bondage of sin, and the power of Satan; and thus, by becoming a Deliverer and Mediator, restore them again into the favour and reconciliation with God.

And as the LORD God, by the promise of a Redeemer to Adam and his seed, clothed them, spiritually, with his mercy and grace; so did he, in token of which, make coats of skins and therewith clothed their naked bodies.

And as Adam, by his own sin and transgression, brought sin and eternal death and condemnation, not only on himself, but also on his whole posterity, without the exception of any person, and without the actual concurrence with him in his sin and transgression of any; so that they were brought under the condemnation of death without their actual sin and transgression; so in the same manner is the whole race of Adam, without the exception of any person, and without their actual good works or deeds, included in the gracious promise of a Redeemer, and through him are under grace and made free from the condemnation of sin

and death, under which they had fallen through Adam's transgression and sin. For Adam's posterity was not generated when he was under the disgrace and wrath of God, but, on the contrary, when he was under grace and reconciliation with God by the promised Redeemer : therefore he could beget none but such as stood with him under the same reconciliation with God, in and through the promised Redeemer. Therefore,

None of Adam's descendants are born under the curse and condemnation of eternal death : but all are born under grace and reconciliation with God through the promised Redeemer. Consequently, it is in direct opposition to the holy scriptures, and to the nature and attributes of God, who is true, righteous, holy and merciful, to believe that any of Adam's race, who die in a state of infancy and innocency, and before they were capable of following Adam in sin, should for Adam's transgression be punished with condemnation and eternal death: inasmuch, also, as that good and merciful God was graciously disposed to look down with pity upon fallen Adam, who himself was the transgressor, and to take him under a covenant of grace, in and through the promise of the divine Redeemer, Jesus Christ.

But so soon as man arrives to the years of understanding, and is capable of discerning good from evil, and is then drawn off, by the Just of the flesh and his own sinful inclinations,

from the ways of virtue and innocence, and begins to follow Adam in sin, and transgression of the commandments of God, it is then that he becomes alienated from God; not on account of Adam's transgression and fall, but by his own unbelief, sin and wickedness, he thus becomes subject to condemation and eternal death.

But the righteous God, who, indeed, is willing to forgive sins, yet at the same time does not let the sinner go altogether unpunished, has, in his providence, thought it good to let lie upon Adam, Eve, and their race, some personal humiliating infirmity or punishment under which they fell, by eating of the forbidden fruit; whereby they should learn to know, fear and serve their Creator, and to forbear to sin against him any more. Hence it is, that the heart of the whole race of man is corrupted and depraved, so that all are prone to sin from their youth; in consequence of which, they have a continual conflict with sin and their evil and corrupt inclinations. They are also expelled from the beautiful paradise, their native abode, and to cover their nakedness, to which they were exposed to their shame. The women are commanded to submit their authority and will under those of their husband's, and with pain and sorrow to bring forth children. And they, together, must procure a subsistence for themselves, on this corrupted and inclement earth, all the days of their lives, until they return to the earth, from whence they were taken.

All true believers are, on earth, restored into the favour of God, and justification by Christ, through faith and hope alone; and in the resurrection of the dead they will be restored for ever to the full fruition and enjoyment of it, indeed.

Of these precious promises read :—And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Gen. 3: 15.-For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us. Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; and that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby. Eph. 2: 14, 15, and 16.

How this promise was renewed in the seed and race of Adam, read :-The Lord thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken. Deut. 18: 15.—This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. Acts 7: 37.----To Abraham : And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed, Gen. 12: 3.---And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed: because

thou hast obeyed my voice. 22: 18.---And farther, that this promise of justification is not only extended to some, or a few of Adam's race, but to the whole posterity of Adam, without any exception, read :---Therefore, as by the offence of one, judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so, by the righteousness of one, the free gift came upon all men, unto justification of life. For, as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so, by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Rom. 5: 18, 19.---For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Cor. 15: 21, 22. Moreover,

That was the true light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1: 9, 29.--And he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 2: 2---For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell and having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. Col. 1: 19, 20.---For the grace of God, that bringeth salvation, hath appeared to all men. Tit. 2: 11.---Even the righteousness of God, which is, by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all them that believe, for there is

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