Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . REVELATION EXAMINED, &c. Dissertation the forbidden Fruit. Shall begin with the firft reve-lation given to Adam in paradife,as you will find it in the fecondchapter of Genefs, at the 16thand 17 th verfes 16. And the Lord God commanded theman, faying, Of every tree of the garden thoumay eji freely Vol. I. B 17. But ^ Revelation Exammdy &c. 17. But of the tree of t
Revelation examined with candour : or, A fair enquiry into the sense and use of the several revelations expressly declared, or sufficiently implied, to be given to mankind from the creation, as they are found in the Bible . REVELATION EXAMINED, &c. Dissertation the forbidden Fruit. Shall begin with the firft reve-lation given to Adam in paradife,as you will find it in the fecondchapter of Genefs, at the 16thand 17 th verfes 16. And the Lord God commanded theman, faying, Of every tree of the garden thoumay eji freely Vol. I. B 17. But ^ Revelation Exammdy &c. 17. But of the tree of the knowledge ofgood andevil thoajhalt not eat of it; jcr inthe day that thou eatejl thereof thou {haltfurely die. Nothing could be more agreeable to thewifdom and goodnefs of God, than to pro-vide plenty of proper food for all the crea-tures he had formed ; but as thcfe creatureswere of very various natures, and confe-quently what was proper food for one, mightbe very improper food for another, Jdammuft, in this cafe, be under great difficulties,without fome direction from God : for fup-poiing that he had a right to make ufc ofany food that came in his way, without anexprefs grant from his Maker, (as 1 think itevident he had not) it would, however, beirrational in him, to run the rilque of takingany food, which might not only be impro-per, but pernicious to him ; and, withoutfome direction from God, it was impoffiblefor him to know what food was proper,otherwife than by examining the nature ofhis own conftitution,
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