VI. Spiritual part of the first state: image of God, original righteousness, and powers
VI. It is spiritual insofar as the human, from Gods special grace and favor, was endowed in the intellect with divine light, in the will with uprightness and holiness, and in the affections with harmony and order, so that he knew God, loved Him, and obeyed Him from the whole heart, and neighbors as himself. In this state the first image of God consisted, not in the mere immortality of the soul or use of reason, but in true righteousness and holiness (Ephesians 4:24; Colossians 3:10), by which the human pleased God and served Him. He had a lucid intellect without culpable ignorance, an upright will without a crooked inclination to evil, and ordered affections without disturbance. He was able not to sin, yet he was not unable to sin — that is, liberty toward both, not necessity toward the good alone. The tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in paradise were signs of this state and of its probation.
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VI. Spiritualis est, quatenus homo ex speciali Dei gratia et favore in intellectu luce divina, in voluntate rectitudine et sanctitate, in affectibus harmonia et ordine praeditus erat, adeo ut Deum cognosceret, amaret, et ei obediret ex toto corde, et proximos tanquam se ipsum. In hoc statu imago Dei primigenia consistebat, non in sola animae immortalitate aut rationis usu, sed in vera iustitia et sanctitate (Eph. 4:24; Col. 3:10), qua homo Deo placebat et ei inserviebat. Habebat intellectum lucidum sine culpabili ignorantia, voluntatem rectam sine prava inclinatione ad malum, et affectus ordinatos sine perturbatione. Potuit non peccare, non tamen non potuit peccare — hoc est, libertas ad utrumque, non necessitas ad bonum solum. Arbor vitae et arbor scientiae boni et mali in paradiso signa erant huius status et probationis.