Chapter 4) Of Creation

1. In the beginning it pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,¹ for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power,² wisdom, and goodness, to create or make the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.³

1. John 1:2-3; Heb. 1:2; Job 26:13
2. Rom. 1:20
3. Col. 1:16; Gen. 1:31

2. After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female,⁴ with reasonable and immortal souls,⁵ rendering them fit unto that life to God for which they were created; being made after the image of God, in knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness;⁶ having the law of God written in their hearts,⁷ and power to fulfill it, and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject to change.⁸

4. Gen. 1:27
5. Gen. 2:7
6. Eccles. 7:29; Gen. 1:26
7. Rom. 2:14-15
8. Gen. 3:6

3. Besides the law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil,⁹ which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.¹⁰

9. Gen. 2:17
10. Gen. 1:26, 28