the same nature and similar faculties, in order that she might be a help meet for him, out of whom she had been taken.

§ 18. Man was created in the image of God, resembling the Deity in his primitive purity and happiness, in certain powers of mind which fitted him for personal intercourse with heaven, in his spiritual soul; and, though his body was of mortal fabric, in being possessed of a conditional promise of immortality even to it ;-in the superiority of his faculties and his corporeal frame over those of other creatures and above all in the dominion which was assigned him as sovereign of this lower world.

From Scripture.

SECTION I.

Heb. xi. 3. Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. Gen. i. 21. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly after their kind.

SECTION II.

Gen. i. 1. In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Neh. ix. 6. Thou, even thou, art Lord alone: thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. Heb. iii. 4. For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. Col. i. 16. For by him were all things created, that are in heaven and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones or dominions, or principalities or powers: all things were created by him, and for him. John i. 3. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. Gen. i. 2. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. Psalm civ. 30. Thou sendest forth thy Spirit, they are created; and thou renewest the face of the earth.

SECTION III.

Psalm cxlviii. 1, 2. 5. Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.

Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. Deut. x. 14. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Gen. i. 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

SECTION IV.

Prov. iii. 19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Rom. xi. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Isaiah xliv. 24. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, 'and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

SECTION V.

2 Cor. xii. 2. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 1 Kings viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee. Psalm xx. 6. Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed: he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right-hand. Isaiah Ixvi. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Matt. xxiv. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt. vi. 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal, Luke x. 20. Notwithstand

ing, in this rejoice not; that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven.

SECTION VI.

Psalm civ. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire. (See above Col. i. 16.) Luke xx. 36. Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels. 2 Sam. xiv. 20. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. 2 Peter ii. 4. For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgement. Psalm ciii. 20. Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments hearkening unto the voice of his word. Luke ii. 13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying. Dan. vii. 10. Thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.

SECTION VII.

Rev. xii. 7. And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels. Job i. 6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them. Jude 6. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains, under darkness, unto the judgement of the great day.

SECTION VIII.

Psalm ciii. 21. Bless ye the Lord,

all ye his hosts: ye Num. xx. 16. And

ministers of his that do his pleasure. when we cried unto the Lord, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt. Psalm

Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. Let them praise the name of the Lord: for he commanded, and they were created. Deut. x. 14. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. Gen. i. 2. And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.

SECTION IV.

Prov. iii. 19. The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Rom. xi. 36. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. Isaiah xliv. 24. Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, 'and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the Lord that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself. Rev. iv. 11. Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

SECTION V.

2 Cor. xii. 2. I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell or whether out of the body I cannot tell: God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 1 Kings viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee. Psalm xx. 6. Now know I that the Lord saveth his anointed: he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right-hand. Isaiah lxvi. 1. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. Matt. xxiv. 36. But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. Matt. vi. 20. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal, Luke x. 20. Notwithstand