Believers and Their Seed, The Meaning of the Covenant (Chapter 5c–6a)

But matters surely do not stand thus. Adam in Paradise stands in God's covenant. He also possesses life. Moreover, only in the way of obedience will he be able to keep the life which he possesses. But eternal life is neither in him nor of him. That is life such as the elect can receive only from Christ, Immanuel, God with us. As far as Christ stands above Adam, so far stands the life which we receive from Christ above the life which Adam possessed or ever could possess. And what Christ merits...