{"number":12,"title":"What special Act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?","part":null,"questions":[12],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What special Act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?","answer":"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.","segments":[{"text":"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.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"When God created man, what did he do with him?","answer":"He entered into a Covenant with him.","segments":[{"text":"He entered into a Covenant with him.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Into what Covenant?","answer":"A Covenant of life.","segments":[{"text":"A Covenant of life.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why do you call it a Covenant of life?","answer":"Because in this Covenant God promised eternal life.","segments":[{"text":"Because in this Covenant God promised eternal life.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How many Covenants hath God made with man?","answer":"Two, the Covenant of works, and the Covenant of grace.","segments":[{"text":"Two, the Covenant of works, and the Covenant of grace.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Which of these was the Covenant, which God entered into first with man, when he was created?","answer":"The Covenant of works.","segments":[{"text":"The Covenant of works.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did God promise life to man upon any condition on his part?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What was the condition of this Covenant?","answer":"Works, or obedience.","segments":[{"text":"Works, or obedience.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why was the first Covenant called a Covenant of works?","answer":"Because works or obedience, was the alone condition of this Covenant.","segments":[{"text":"Because works or obedience, was the alone condition of this Covenant.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What special command did God give to man, for the tryal of his obedience?","answer":"He forbad him to eat of the tree of Knowledge, of good, and evil.","segments":[{"text":"He forbad him to eat of the tree of Knowledge, of good, and evil.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why was the forbidden tree, called the tree of Knowledge, of good, and evil.","answer":"Because thereby man came to know good, and evil; good by the loss of it, and evil by the feeling of it.","segments":[{"text":"Because thereby man came to know good, and evil; good by the loss of it, and evil by the feeling of it.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Under what penalty did God forbid him to eat?","answer":"Upon pain of death.","segments":[{"text":"Upon pain of death.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}