We might have obtained life, according to the constitution made with Adam, had he kept covenant with God; and been confirmed in a state of holiness and happiness: so now we may obtain life by Jesus Christ, who has fulfilled the law of nature, and made atonement for all sin: But the law of nature still remains an unalterable rule of righteousness between God and his creature, man. We owe perfect obedience to God, and the least sin deserves eternal damnation: And God might always have dealt with mankind simply according to this rule. The original constitution with Adam had some degree of grace in it. The constitution in the gospel is altogether grace.
Joseph Bellamy — Discourse II, "Shewing the Nature of the Gospel, and of a Genuine Compliance with It" (John 3:16), in True Religion Delineated; or, Experimental Religion, as Distinguished from Formality on the One Hand, and Enthusiasm on the Other (Morris-town: Henry P. Russell, 1804), p. 282
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