{"number":12,"title":"What special act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the state wherein he was Created?","part":null,"questions":[12],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What special act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the state wherein he was Created?","answer":"When God had created Man, he entred into a Covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect Obedience.","segments":[{"text":"When God had created Man, he entred into a Covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect Obedience.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"When God had Created Man, how did he deal with him?","answer":"He entred into a Covenant of life with him.","segments":[{"text":"He entred into a Covenant of life with him.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Wherein lies the nature of a Covenant?","answer":"It is a federal transaction, or a mutual stipulation or agreement between party and party, upon such and such terms, with reciprocal or mutual obligations each of the other.","segments":[{"text":"It is a federal transaction, or a mutual stipulation or agreement between party and party, upon such and such terms, with reciprocal or mutual obligations each of the other.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What mean you by a Covenant of life?","answer":"A Covenant that contains such terms and conditions, by performance whereof mans life should be continued and preserved.","segments":[{"text":"A Covenant that contains such terms and conditions, by performance whereof mans life should be continued and preserved.","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":"What is the tenor of the Covenant of works?","answer":"Obey and live.","segments":[{"text":"Obey and live.","proofs":["Leviticus 18:5","Ezekiel 20:11","Romans 10:5","Galatians 3:12","Matthew 19:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 18:5","osis":["Lev.18.5"]},{"printed":"Ezekiel 20:11","osis":["Ezek.20.11"]},{"printed":"Romans 10:5","osis":["Rom.10.5"]},{"printed":"Galatians 3:12","osis":["Gal.3.12"]},{"printed":"Matthew 19:17","osis":["Matt.19.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is the tenor of the Covenant of Grace?","answer":"Believe on the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.","segments":[{"text":"Believe on the Lord Iesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.","proofs":["Acts 16:31","Mark 16:15–16","Romans 10:6, 9","Galatians 3:6, 8, 11","Hebrews 10:38–39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 16:31","osis":["Acts.16.31"]},{"printed":"Mark 16:15–16","osis":["Mark.16.15-Mark.16.16"]},{"printed":"Romans 10:6, 9","osis":["Rom.10.6","Rom.10.9"]},{"printed":"Galatians 3:6, 8, 11","osis":["Gal.3.6","Gal.3.8","Gal.3.11"]},{"printed":"Hebrews 10:38–39","osis":["Heb.10.38-Heb.10.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"By what other names are these two Covenants called?","answer":"The Old and the New.","segments":[{"text":"The Old and the New.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why was the first Covenant called the Covenant of works?","answer":"Because works (or perfect obedience) were the only condition of it.","segments":[{"text":"Because works (or perfect obedience) were the only condition of it.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why the Old?","answer":"Because it was made of old with the first Adam, and doth not now remain in full force and vertue.","segments":[{"text":"Because it was made of old with the first Adam, and doth not now remain in full force and vertue.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Could the first man have kept Gods Laws perfectly?","answer":"Yes, for God made him perfect with the Image of God shining gloriously in him.","segments":[{"text":"Yes, for God made him perfect with the Image of God shining gloriously in him.","proofs":["Genesis 1:27","Ecclesiastes 7:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 1:27","osis":["Gen.1.27"]},{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 7:29","osis":["Eccl.7.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What special command did God give him for the trial of his obedience?","answer":"He forbade him to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil.","segments":[{"text":"He forbade him to eat of the Tree of the Knowledge of good and evil.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why was the forbidden Tree called the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?","answer":"From the effect of eating it, because thereby man came to know good and evil: Good by the loss of it, and Evil by the sense and smart of it.","segments":[{"text":"From the effect of eating it, because thereby man came to know good and evil: Good by the loss of it, and Evil by the sense and smart of it.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Under what penalty was he forbidden this Tree?","answer":"Vpon pain of Death.","segments":[{"text":"Vpon pain of Death.","proofs":["Genesis 2:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 2:17","osis":["Gen.2.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}