Now, to make it appear, that it was designed as a sacramental sign of eternal life, which was promised in this covenant, we may consider those allusions to it in the New Testament, whereby the heavenly glory is set forth: thus it is said, _To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God_, Rev. ii. 7. and elsewhere, _Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life_, chap. xxii. 14. It seems very plain, that this respects, in those scriptures, the heavenly glory, which is called the _New Jerusalem_; or it has a particular application to that state of the church, _When God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes, and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying_, chap. xxi. 4. and it is mentioned immediately after, _Christ’s coming quickly, and his rewards being with him_, chap. xxii. 12. and there are several other passages, which might be easily observed, which agree only with the heavenly state. Therefore, since this glory is thus described, why may we not suppose, that the heavenly state was signified by this tree to Adam, in paradise? And, that this may farther appear, let it be considered, that nothing is more common, in scripture, than for the Holy Ghost to represent the thing signified by the sign: Thus sanctification, which was one thing signified by circumcision, is called, _The circumcision made without hands_, Coloss. ii. 11. and regeneration, which is signified by baptism, is called, our _being born of water_, John iii. 5. and Christ, whose death was signified by the passover, is called, _Our Passover_, 1 Cor. v. 7. Many other instances, of the like nature, might be produced; therefore, since the heavenly glory is represented by the tree of life, why may we not suppose, that the reason of its being so called, was, because it was ordained, at first, to be a sacramental sign or pledge of eternal life, which our first parents were given to expect, according to the tenor of that covenant, which they were under? _Object. 1._ It is objected, by some, that sacramental signs, ceremonies, or types, were only adapted to that dispensation, which the church of the Jews were under, and therefore were not agreeable to that state in which man was at first.