
Does the grand narrative of Scripture and our faith, begin with Abraham or Adam? I've alluded to this earlier, and it certainly includes Abraham but as Edwards attests it begins with Adam, and the connection God establishes with Adam. This is significant both for the doctrine of Original Sin and Justification. This chapter focuses on what Edwards thought occurred between God and Adam before the Fall.
Humanity is in

There are two more interesting things to say about this business between God and Adam.
- Adam's role: Edwards view Adam as both the natural and legal "head" of humanity. (91)
- God's 'rule of righteousness' is the fountainhead, the source or the underlying principle of all law, natural, moral and Jewish. Biehl summarises by saying "All commands are comprehended in the one great law of God." (92)

