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The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

Question 10

On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 10

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How did God create Man?

God created Man, Male, and Female, after his own Image, in knowledg, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

God created man,

1. Male, and Female, after his own Image,a*

2. In Knowledg.b†

3. In Righteousness, and Holiness,c‡

4. With dominion over the Creatures.d4

Notes

  1. *Gen. 1.27. So God created man in his own Image, in the Image of God created be him; male and female created he them.
  2. †Col. 3.10. And have put on the new Man, which is renewed in Knowledg, after the Image of him, that created him.
  3. ‡Ephes. 4.24. And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in Righteousness, and true Holiness.
  4. 4Gen. 1.28. God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing, that moveth upon the earth.

Proofs

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

  1. aGenesis 1:27
  2. bColossians 3:10
  3. cEphesians 4:24
  4. dGenesis 1:28

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