Question 9

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Doth not God then do injustice to man, by requiring from him in his law, that which he cannot perform?

Not at all;^a for God made man capable of performing it,^b but man, by the instigation of the devil,^c and his own wilful disobedience, deprived himself and all his posterity of those divine gifts.^d

Proofs

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

aEcclesiastes 7:29
bJohn 8:44; 2 Corinthians 11:3
cGenesis 3:4, 7
dRomans 5:12

Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 8–9

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 9

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