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Why was Adam's original condition provisional?
He stood at the beginning of his career not at the end... his condition was provisional and temporary... it either had to pass on to a higher glory or to sin and death.

Bavinck ii, 564
Was Adam in a state of blessedness in his original condition?
He did not yet have the reward of eternal life but still had to acquire it; he could still err, sin, fall, and die.

Bavinck ii, 565
What was the distinction Augustine made between the ability not to sin and glorification.
posse non peccare (ability not to sin) and posse non morie (not to die)

non posse peccare (the inability to sin) and non posse morue (the inability to die)
Why was the covenant said to be "of nature" or "of works"?

(foedus naturae or operum)
not because it was deemed to flow automatically and naturally from the nature of God or man, but because the foundation on which the covenant rested (the moral law) was known to man by nature, and because it was made with man in his original state and could be kept by man with the powers bestowed upon him in the creation, without the assistance of supernatural grace

Bavinck ii, 567
How was it that obedience to God's revealed will could satisfy the covenant?
After creating men and women after his own image, God show them their destiny and the only way they could reach it.

Bavinck ii, 571
In regard to the prohibition of eating the fruit, what is difference is there between obedience to moral law and obedience to special revelation?
humans could know the moral law without special revelation because it was written on their hearts. The probationary command is positive; it is not a given of human nature as such, but could only be made known to human beings if God communicated it them.

Bavinck ii, 571
Is there a natural connection between work and reward.
God was in no way obligated to grant heavenly blessedness and eternal life to those who kept his law and thereby did not do anything other than what they were obligated to do. There is no natural connection between work and reward.

Bavinck ii, 571
Is a probationary command necessary?
The probationary command relates to the moral law as the covenant of works relates to man's creation in God's image. The moral law stands or falls in its entirety with the probationary command, and the image of God in mankind in its entirety stands or falls with the covenant of works.

Bavinck ii, 572
How does the covenant of works point to "more" even in his original state?
It gives expression to the fact that humanity before the fall, though created in God's image, did not yet possess the highest possible blessing.

Bavinck ii, 572
What is a primary point of difference between Reformed and Lutheran theology regarding man's original state?
According to Lutheran theology, Adam in his original state was the highest idea of man. Adam did not have to become anything; he only had to remain what he was, namely, a participant in the full gracious indwelling of the holy Trinity.
Why was Adam not in possession of the highest ideal?
He received the possibility to remain standing (posse stare), but not the will (velle stare)

He had the ability not to sin (posse non peccare) and not to die (posse non morie) but not the the inability to sin (non posse peccare) and the inability to die (and non posse morue)

Bavinck ii, 573