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Chapter III.—Comparison
Instituted Between the First and Second Adam.
And, first, we must inquire if Adam can be likened
to the Son of God, when he was found in the transgression of the Fall,
and heard the sentence, “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return.”2555
For how
shall he be considered “the first-born of every
creature,”2556
who, after the
creation of the earth and the firmament, was formed out of clay?
And how shall he be admitted to be “the tree of life” who
was cast out for his transgression,2557
lest “he should again stretch forth
his hand and eat of it, and live forever?”2558
For it is necessary that a thing
which is likened unto anything else, should in many respects be similar
and analogous to that of which it is the similitude, and not have its
constitution opposite and dissimilar. For one who should venture
to compare the uneven to the even, or harmony to discord, would not be
considered rational.
But the even should be compared to that which in its nature is even,
although it should be even only in a small measure; and the white to
that which in its nature is white, even although it should be very
small, and should show but moderately the whiteness by reason of which
it is called white. Now, it is beyond all doubt clear to every
one, that that which is sinless and incorrupt is even, and harmonious,
and bright as wisdom; but that that which is mortal and sinful is
uneven and discordant, and cast out as guilty and subject to
condemnation.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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