God made upright; He gave him noble traits of character, with no bias toward evil. He endowed him with high intellectual powers, and presented before him the strongest possible inducements to be true to his allegiance. Obedience, perfect and perpetual, was the condition of eternal happiness. On this condition he was to have access to the tree of life.

Gud skabte mennesket ret og gav det ædle karaktertræk uden tilbøjelighed til det onde. Han udstyrede det med store intellektuelle evner og gav det de største tilskyndelser til at bevare sin troskab. Fuldkommen, vedvarende lydighed var betingelsen for evig lykke. På denne betingelse skulle mennesket have adgang til livets træ.