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4-'24 THE GO S P E L- M A G A Z I N E,<br />
" cannot reach to the depth of his counfd, and that it is fall'<br />
~, beyond our ftrepgth." We may only ~dd, that the fin ot<br />
Adam was ofa moft hainous nature, for it was an inordinate<br />
defire of the fruit which was forpidden, an affectation of all<br />
equality with GoP~ a rebellion againfi the moft High, a grea~<br />
ftgn of an ungrateful and bafe mind, a murdering of himfclf<br />
;md all his polh:rity, an avowing of an uxorious mind not<br />
becoming a man, ~ profanation of parac!ife~ a pelieving ~he<br />
devil, and a contempt of GOD himfelf.<br />
<strong>The</strong> greatnefs of the fin appears from the confideration of<br />
the perfon finning; who being favoured with (0 many<br />
pleffings from GOD, and endued with fo many extraordinary<br />
gifts, had no incentive to finning: And from the confideration<br />
of the time wherein he finned; for he 'Was but juft com~<br />
out of the hanqs of GOD, or at leaft it was hot long after:<br />
,And alfo fro~ the confi.deratioll of the fin itfelf, which might<br />
have been e~fily avoided, by rea[on of the great plenty he<br />
pad before him. AUf,uJline makes a j lift obfervation in his book<br />
of the City of God: "Whofoever thinks the condemnation of<br />
~( Adam too great, or unjuft, he does not ipdeed confider<br />
c, how great all iniquity was in his finning, where there wa~<br />
" fo great eafinels in not finning; therefore as /fbraham's gre~t<br />
" inftance of obedience is j ufl:J y celebrated, beca4fe the thing<br />
H comm~nded, namely, the facrificing his [on, wa
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