A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 12
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 12
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What special Act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?
When God created man, he entred into a Covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience: forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledg of good and evil, upon pain of death.
When God created man, what did he do with him?
He entered into a Covenant with him.
Into what Covenant?
A Covenant of life.
Why do you call it a Covenant of life?
Because in this Covenant God promised eternal life.
How many Covenants hath God made with man?
Two, the Covenant of works, and the Covenant of grace.
Which of these was the Covenant, which God entered into first with man, when he was created?
The Covenant of works.
Did God promise life to man upon any condition on his part?
Yes.
What was the condition of this Covenant?
Works, or obedience.
Why was the first Covenant called a Covenant of works?
Because works or obedience, was the alone condition of this Covenant.
What special command did God give to man, for the tryal of his obedience?
He forbad him to eat of the tree of Knowledge, of good, and evil.
Why was the forbidden tree, called the tree of Knowledge, of good, and evil.
Because thereby man came to know good, and evil; good by the loss of it, and evil by the feeling of it.
Under what penalty did God forbid him to eat?
Upon pain of death.
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