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On Man's Account the Lord is now no leſs
Than Debtor to his Truth and Faithfulneſs:
The Lord that made him did not need to ſtand
On Terms with Man, the Work of his own Hand:
Obedience was ſurely Adam's Due,
Tho' to his God he that ſhould never ſhew,
Yet to the ſame, God had ſo great Regard,
As to annex thereto a vaſt Reward;
Such was the Kindneſs of indulgent Heav'n,
As was to Man in the firſt Cov'nant giv'n.
Death which of eating was the Penalty,
Did, if he eat not, Life to him imply;
And had he in Obedience endur'd.
Eternal Life unto him was ſecur'd.
How happy had he and his Seed remain'd,
If he had this primeval State maintain'd:
But O! this State of Man, the firſt and beſt
That's here enjoy'd, did very ſhort while laſt;
Scarce taſting Joy, when taſting Fruit anon,
His happy State evaniſh'd is and gone!
On Adam's Fall.
SAtan that fell from Happineſs of late,
Envied Adam of the happy State
He did in Eden at this Time poſſeſs,
As the Reſult of perfect Holineſs;
And knowing Adam's Happineſs did ſtand
In his obeying the divine Command,
He all his Art and Malice did employ,
That he might Adam's Happineſs deſtroy,
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