In the allegory of Genesis, third chapter and ninth

verse, two mortals, walking in the cool of the day midst

the stately palms, many-hued blossoms, perfume-laden [15]

breezes, and crystal streams of the Orient, pondered the

things of man and God.

A sense of evil is supposed to have spoken, been listened

to, and afterwards to have formed an evil sense that

blinded the eyes of reason, masked with deformity the [20]

glories of revelation, and shamed the face of mortals.

What was this sense? Error versus Truth: first, a