presence of God, and say, “God be merciful to me a sinner. O God, whom I have offended, provide for me a Saviour, and deliver me from thy wrath!” No prayer came from Adam’s lips, and not even a confession; only a wicked and mean attempt to cast upon God the blame for his disobedience: “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.” That is all that human nature usually does; it will not own that it needs a Saviour, and it will not confess that it has sinned sufficiently