Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized) · Chapter 6
Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof
API: GET /api/v1/documents/lbcf1689-modernized/paragraphs/6.1
1. Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous Law, which had been unto Life had he kept it, and threatened Death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this Honor;a Satan using the subtlety of the Serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did willfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the Command given unto them, in eating the forbidden Fruit; which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Counsel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own Glory.b
Proofs
Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.
Related texts
- Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689) 6.1
- Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (modernized, 1658) 6.1
- Westminster Confession of Faith (modernized, 1646) 6.1
Side by side, with what differs marked: Westminster, Savoy and the 1689, in modern spelling
Cite this
Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (modernized, 1689) 6.1, symbolics.dev/lbcf1689-modernized/6.1
See a mistake? Report it, with what the printing has.