The Lord God formed the first man, Adam, as to his body, of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, spiritual, rational, and immortal.1 He and in him all his offspring were made upright, in the image and after the likeness of God, endowed with knowledge, holiness, and righteousness. The law of God was implanted as an instinct in his heart,2 and he was both endowed with power, and placed in advantageous circumstances, to keep it; yet capable of changing and falling.3 He stood only so long as he kept the commandment. He was perfectly happy, at peace with God, and enjoying his fellowship, and had dominion over all creatures on earth.4
1 Gen. 1:26,27; Gen. 2:7; Matt. 10:28; Matt. 16:26; Heb. 12:9; Acts 7:59,60. 2 Eccles. 7:29; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24; Rom. 2:14,15; Gen. 9:6. 3 Gen. 3:6; Psa. 49:12; Rom. 5:12; Eccles. 7:29. 4 Gen. 1:28; Gen. 2:19,20; Psa. 8:6,7.
