Thesis I. God created man in a condition in which he could give the law God laid on him a complete and perfect obedience, free of any stain or fault. It would not have been fair for God to require of an innocent creature what he had given it no strength, or not enough strength, to do.
Scripture confirms this when it teaches (margin: Eccl. 7:29) that God made man upright; and no one could count as upright who was unable to conform himself to God's law, the very rule of uprightness.
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THESIS I. In eo statu homo a Deo conditus est ut posset legi quam Deus ipsi tulit obedientiam integram & perfectam praestare absque omni labe vel culpa. Nec enim aequum fuisset Deum ab innocenti creatura ea exigere ad quae praestanda, vel nullas, vel non sufficientes vires ei concessisset. Atque hoc confirmat scriptura, dum docet [marg.: Eccl. 7. 29.] Deum fecisse hominem rectum. Nec enim posset censeri rectus ille qui sese legi Dei, quae rectitudinis norma est, conformare non posset.