4:1 It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost (Gen_1:2; Job_26:13; Job_33:4; Joh_1:2, Joh_1:3; Heb_1:2), for the manifestation of the glory of His eternal power, wisdom, and goodness (Psa_33:5, Psa_33:6; Psa_104:24; Jer_10:12; Rom_1:20), in the beginning, to create, or make of nothing, the world, and all things therein whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days; and all very good (Gen 1:1-50:26; Act_17:24; Col_1:16; Heb_11:3).

4:2 After God had made all other creatures, He created man, male and female (Gen_1:27), with reasonable and immortal souls (Gen_2:7; Ecc_12:7; Mat_10:28; Luk_23:43), endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after His own image (Gen_1:26; Eph_4:24; Col_3:10); having the law of God written in their hearts (Rom_2:14, Rom_2:15), and power to fulfil it (Ecc_7:29); and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change (Gen_3:6; Ecc_7:29). Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command, not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which while they kept, they were happy in their communion with God (Gen_2:17; Gen_3:8-11, Gen_3:23), and had dominion over the creatures (Gen_1:26, Gen_1:28).