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80 THE FIRST AND THE SECOND MAN.enmity, corruption of morals, division, having thecommon quality of egotism. The second unityconsists in the Holy Spirit of the Head communicatedto the soul and body of the faithful people,both being restored by that grace of which truthand charity, unity and sanctity, are the tokens,the full virtue being planted in the cross of theHead, and from the cross diffusing itself to HisBody.II. And so we are brought again to Him whostood before Pilate to make the good confession,and who declared that the cause of His coming intothe world was to bear witness to the truth. Inwhat form was that witness to be made, and how7was it to be efficacious ? This is that point whichwe have now to illustrate. Adam's disobediencewas a single act, the power of which, springing outof his headship, extended through the whole line ofhis race ; through the consequences of this act thetruth was obscured to them, and human life involvedin manifold error. What was that actionon the part of Christ, the purpose, as He declares,of His Incarnation, which had an equally enduringeffect ? If the guilt communicated was not transitory,then should the corresponding grace be perpetual.And how was it so ? The Son of God,as the Head of His race, does not stand at disadvantagewith Adam, but rather, we are told Hisgrace is superabundant in its results over theother's sin : and He Himself declared that He had