This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1789 Excerpt: ...formed every bcall of the field, and every fowlofthe air, and brought them to Adam, to fee what ht would call them: And whetfoever Adam called every living creature, that was its name.% Mark, this was during the time while man had his maker's image upon him, which was righteoufnefs and true holinefs, and therefore was the common parent as it were, over Subdue it. According to the common idea of this word it.ippears, as if the creatures were in' a ftate of hortility with man in their firft formaien, and that man had to conquer them, and obtain the maftery by force. Bur. P33, the hebrew word, means no more than that man, as Lord of the creation, Ihould maintain his authority over all the creation; both animate and inanimate, and as a proof that he now had that loving authority, all the animals came to him, as to their common parent, and governor to receive their names; there was no violence, no ccmltrJnt, all was harmony and concord. Theiefore the word means no more than if Jehovah had (aid, I have put every thing in a loving and willing fobJecVion to thee-keep thou thy place, and exercife thou thy peaceful dominion over them.-J-Cn. i, 26, 27. X lb" '. I9, over every animal; and not having finned, there was no fcourge for fin; nothing hurtful, all was not only good, but very good, § and as fuch was pleafing in the fight of the heavenly creator. 2. Indeed, his own body was free from either ficknefs or pain, fo that he felt nothing that was evil, nor did he fear evil, nor had he caufe--for all was pure within, and all was ferene without. O yes, Perfect, at firft, and bleft eftate, Man, in his Maker's image, flione; In innocence, divinely great, He liv'd--he liv'd to God alone; His heart--love; his pulfe--was praife; And grace and glory deck'd his face...
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