Question 10

Is Man God’s Creature?

Yes. For we are also his Off-spring,^a

Were our first Parents the Work of his Hands?

Yes. Male and Female created he them, and called their Name Adam,^b

Was Man made with a Consultation?

Yes. For God said, Let us make Man,^c

Do all the Children of Men descend from Adam and Eve?

Yes. For God has made of one Blood all Nations of Men,^d

Was Man’s Body at first made out of the Earth?

Yes. God made Man of the Dust of the Ground,^e

And are our Bodies of the Earth earthy?

Yes. For I also am formed out of the Clay,^f

But are they not curiously Wrought?

Yes. For I am fearfully and wonderfully made,^g

Is God the Former of our Bodies?

Yes. Thou hast cloathed me with Skin and Flesh, and fenced me with Bones and Sinews,^h

Is he the Author of our Senses?

Yes. The hearing Ear, and the seeing Eye, the Lord has made even both of them,ⁱ

Is God the Father of our Spirits?

Yes. For he breathed into Man’s Nostrils the breath of Life,^j

Has God given each of us a Soul?

Yes. The Lord liveth that made us this Soul,^k

Is it a rational Soul?

Yes. For the Spirit of a Man is the Candle of the Lord,^l

Is it Immortal?

Yes. For the Spirit of Man goes upward,^m

Doth it die with the Body?

No. For when the Dust returns to the Earth as it was, the Spirit returns to God who gave it,ⁿ

Is God than the Sovereign of the Heart?

Yes. For he hath said, Behold all Souls are mine,^o

Must we therefore commit our Souls to him?

Yes. Into thine Hand I commit my Spirit,^p

Was Man made after God’s Image?

Yes. God created Man in his own Image,^q

Did that Image consist in Knowledge?

Yes. For we are renewed in Knowledge, after the Image of him that created us,^r

Did it consist in Righteousness, and true Holiness?

Yes. For the new Man after God is created in Righteousness and true Holiness,^s

Was therein Man at first a perfect Purity and Freedom from Sin?

Yes. Thou wast perfect in thy Ways from the Day that thou wast created,^t compare^u

Was there in him a perfect Rectitude and Disposition to Good?

Yes. For God made Man upright,^v

Are there some remains of God’s Image still upon Man?

Yes. For Men are made after the Similitude of God,^w

Was Man made with a Dominion over the Creatures?

Yes. For thou hast put all Things under his Feet,^x

Have we not reason to admire God’s Favour to Man?

Yes. Lord, what is Man, that thou art mindful of him?^y