Chapter 4. Of Creation.

1. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,^a for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,^b in the beginning, to create or make of nothing the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good.^c

a. Gen 1:2; Job 26:13; 33:4; John 1:2-3; Heb 1:2. • b. Psa 33:5-6; 104:24; Jer 10:12; Rom 1:20. • c. Gen 1 throughout; Acts 17:24; Col 1:16; Heb 11:3.

2. After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female,^a with reasonable and immortal souls,^b endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after his own image,^c having the law of God written in their hearts,^d and power to fulfil it;^e and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change.^f Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil;^g which while they kept they were happy in their communion with God, and had dominion over the creatures.^h

a. Gen 1:27. • b. Gen 2:7 with Eccl 12:7 and Mat 10:28 and Luke 23:43. • c. Gen 1:26; Eph 4:24; Col 3:10. • d. Rom 2:14-15. • e. Eccl 7:29. • f. Gen 3:6; Eccl 7:29. • g. Gen 2:17; 3:8-11, 23. • h. Gen 1:26, 28.

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