It is important to emphasize that the powers, desires, and order required for Adam and his race to meet the demands of the moral law were innate to him. The moral law is not arbitrary; it is not a system of morality distinct from, opposed to, or indifferent to man’s nature. As Willard states, “The law of nature, or those rules imprinted on the natures of things, was most harmonious and agreeable to their natures.”24 Their natures were “put into the things themselves by the God of nature.” In other words, God as creator put his will for man in man’s very design. Therefore, God cannot rescind
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