We next consider what belongs to the bodily state of the first man: first, as regards the preservation of the individual; secondly, as regards the preservation of the species.

Under the first head there are four points of inquiry:

A[1] Whether man in the state of innocence was immortal?

A[2] Whether he was impassible?

A[3] Whether he stood in need of food?

A[4] Whether he would have obtained immortality by the tree of life?