Question 19

Are all mankind descended from Adam and Eve?

Yes. For Adam called his wife’s name Eve because she was the mother of all living,^a

Are we all concerned in our first parent’s disobedience?

Yes. By one man sin entered into the world,^b

Is our nature tainted with the filth of that sin?

Yes. For what is man that he should be clean, and he which is born of a woman that he should be righteous,^c

Is the guilt of it imputed to us?

Yes. For by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation,^d

Are we exposed to the dreadful consequences of it?

Yes. So death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned,^e

And have we no power of our own to prevent all this?

No. For whilst we were yet without strength Christ died for us,^f

Was this the case of Adam’s immediate descendants?

Yes. For he begat a son in his own likeness,^g

Is it the case of all those who in future ages descend from him?

Yes. For we have all borne the image of the earthly,^h

But was it the case of Christ?

No. He was that holy thing,ⁱ

Was he therefore descended from Adam in a way of ordinary generation?

No. For his mother was found with child by the Holy Ghost,^j

Should we be humbled for original sin?

Yes. Behold I was shapen in iniquity,^k

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752) on Q. 19, symbolics.dev/beddome1752/19

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