We know why Adam fell but HOW did he fall? John Greene Explains the Fall of Adam

[C. Matthew McMahon]

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Books on the fall in the garden almost never deal with the how of falling. William Perkins dealt with a bit of how in his works, but here John Greene tackles the issue with careful scriptural prowess.

The Fall of Adam and Other Works by John Greene (d. 1660)

John Greene (d. 1660), was Pastor of Pencombe, a Presbyterian and Reformed minister, and a member of the Westminster Assembly of Divines.

These three works contained in this volume are rare. They are all that remain of his preaching and writing.

The treatise on Adam’s fall is outstanding. It covers who Adam was in creation in the Covenant of Works, his constitution, and the manner and reality of the fall. Greene includes an incredibly valuable section on why Adam fell, but also discusses how Adam fell – a subject often neglected by ministers and theologians.

His two sermons cover the outstanding exposition of “The Church’s Duty for Received Mercies” on 1 Samuel 12:24, “Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for consider what great things he hath done for you.” And his second sermon on “Nehemiah’s Tears” is an exposition on prayer and fasting on Nehemiah 1:3-4, “…that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven.”

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[earl40]

Josh would this post be in line with what you are referencing?

http://www.puritanboard.com/f121/fall-58457/



1. Earthliness. Genesis 2 is very clear about man's earthly nature. Man is of the earth, tills the earth, feeds from the earth, and is united in earthly marriage. So although Adam was upright, he nevertheless naturally desired earthly things.

2. Probation. God set a test for Adam in this condition of earthly uprightness, whereby he was required to show himself upright in things pertaining to God. This entailed a positive rejection of a natural desire he would have for an earthly object. That test is in the prohibition to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2:16, 17. The tree in itself was morally indifferent and contained all the appeal of the other trees. Hence the only reason man was to abstain from it was the bare commandment of God.

3. Temptation. We learn from Genesis 3 that there was an exterior factor in the fall consisting in the serpent's subtle speech. By means of this factor the possibility of thinking differently about the creation was introduced to our first parents.

These three factors -- earthliness, probation, and temptation, suffice to account for the fall of man. The desire to eat the tree was natural to man, the probation required man to reject the forbidden object for no other reason than obedience to the commandment of God, and the temptation gave man the opportunity to think about the tree from a perspective other than God's. Neither mystery nor human philosophy is required to explain the fall of man. Divine revelation has declared it.

 

[C. Matthew McMahon]