A Body of Divinity A BODY OF DIVINITY: WHEREIN THE DOCTRINES OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION ARE EXPLAINED AND DEFENDED. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF SEVERAL LECTURES ON THE ASSEMBLY’S LARGER CATECHISM. BY THOMAS RIDGLEY, D. D. WITH NOTES, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED, BY JAMES P. WILSON, D. D. IN FOUR VOLUMES. _VOL. II._ FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE THIRD EUROPEAN EDITION. PHILADELPHIA: PRINTED BY AND FOR WILLIAM. W. WOODWARD, CORNER OF CHESNUT AND SOUTH SECOND STREETS. 1815. THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. QUEST. XIV, XV. Of the work of Creation. _CREATION, the word explained_ _Page_ 5 _It was not from eternity_ 7 _This proved from the invention of things_ 13 _By the power and for the glory of God_ 14 _Performed in six days_ 16 _Each day’s work_ 19 _Of instantaneous production_ 17 _The condition and season of the year in which things were created_ 24 _Antiquity of nations vainly boasted of_ 10 QUEST. XVI. Of Angels. _Of their existence_ 26 _Nature and properties_ 28 _Work and employment_ 30 _Worship. Harmony therein, but no Hierarchy_ 31 _How they impart their_ Ideas _to one another_ 33 QUEST. XVII. Of the creation of Man. _Man was created male and female_ 34 _Excellency of his make_ 40 _Origin of the soul_, in a note 41 _Of God’s image in man_ 44 _No men before_ Adam 37 QUEST. XVIII. Of Providence. _Providence governs all creatures_ 47 _And all their actions_ _ibid_ _His concern for man_ 51 _How conversant about evil actions_ 52 _Sin over-ruled for God’s glory, and his people’s good_ 53 _Other things over-ruled by providence_ 59 _Objections against providence answered_ 60 _Unequal distributions of providence vindicated_ 61 QUEST. XIX. Of God’s providence towards the angels. _How it was conversant about the fall of apostate angels_ 63 _These fell all at once_ 64 _Some angels confirmed in holiness and happiness_ 66 _Ministry of angels_ 68 QUEST. XX. Of God’s providence towards man in innocency. _Of Paradise_ 70 _Man’s secular employment and food therein_ 72 _His dominion over the creatures_ 74 _His spiritual concerns were under the direction of providence_ 75 _Sabbath instituted and the covenant established_ 76 _Representation_, in a note 77 _Difference between a law and a covenant_ 78 Adam _was under a covenant_ 82 _Objections answered_ 83 _Conditions of that covenant_ 84 _Tree of life a seal of it_ 86 _Of the tree of knowledge_ 90 QUEST. XXI. Of the fall of man.