He has become the worst of creatures – Thomas Brooks
Man before his fall was the best of creatures but since his fall he has become the worst of creatures. He who was once the image of God, the glory of Paradise, the world’s master, and the Lord’s darling has now become . . .
an abomination to God,
a burden to heaven,
a plague to the world,
and a slave to Satan.
When man first came out of God’s mint, he did shine most gloriously, as being bespangled with holiness and clad with the royal robe of righteousness. His understanding was filled with knowledge; his will with uprightness; his affections with holiness, etc. But yet, being a mutable creature, and subject to temptations, Satan quickly stripped him of his happiness, and cheated and cozened him out of his imperial crown with an apple!
