"The reader, by contemplating Adam and Eve in innocency and afterwards in guilt, will perceive in the facts of their case the nature of a good conscience and of an evil one. When they rejoiced in 'the answer of a good conscience' (1 Peter 3:21) they were destitute of shame and fear. They could stand naked in God's presence unabashed; and instead of trembling at His voice they rejoiced to hear it as a harbinger of good things. They were then pure and undefiled, being devoid of all conscience of sin. They were then of the truth, living in obedience to it as expressed in the law; and therefore their hearts were assured before Him ...