4. Such then was the state of man in paradise. By the free, unmerited love of God, he was holy and happy; he knew, loved, enjoyed God, which is (in substance) life everlasting. And in this life of love, he was to continue for ever, if he continued to obey God in all things: but if he disobeyed him in any, he was to forfeit all. _In that day_, said God, _thou shalt surely die_. 5. Man did disobey God. He _ate of the tree, of which God commanded him, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it_. And in that day he was condemn’d, by the righteous judgment of God. Then also the sentence whereof he was warned before, began to take place upon him. For the moment he tasted that fruit, he died: his soul died, was separated from God; separate from whom the soul has no more life, than the body has when separate from the soul. His body likewise became corruptible and mortal; so that death then took hold on this also. And being already dead in spirit, dead to God, dead in sin, he hastened on to death everlasting; to the destruction both of body and soul, in the fire never to be quenched. 6. Thus _by one man, sin entered into the world, and death by sin. And so death passed upon all men_, as being contained in him who was the common father and representative of us all. Thus _through the offence of one_, all are dead, dead to God, dead in sin, dwelling in a corruptible, mortal body, shortly to be dissolved, and under the sentence of death eternal. For as _by one man’s disobedience, all were made sinners_; so by that offence of one, _judgment came upon all men to condemnation_, Rom. v. 12, _&c._ 7. In this state we were, even all mankind, when _God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, to the end we might not perish but have everlasting life_. In the fulness of time, he was made man, another common head of mankind, a second general parent and representative of the whole human race. And as such it was that _he bore our griefs_, the Lord _laying upon him the iniquities of us all_. Then _was he wounded for our transgressions and bruised for our iniquities. He made his soul an offering for sin_: he poured out his blood for the transgressors: he _bare our sins in his own body on the tree_, that _by his stripes we_ might be _healed_: and by that one oblation of himself once offered, he hath redeemed me and all mankind; having thereby made a full, perfect and sufficient sacrifice and satisfaction, for the sins of the whole world.