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The Assemblies Shorter Catechism Drawn out into Distinct Propositions

Question 12

On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 12

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What special act of Providence did God exercise toward Man, in the estate wherein he was created?

When God had created Man. he entred into a Covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him, to eat of the tree of knowledg of good and evil, upon pain of death.

1. When God had created man, he entred into a Covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience,a*

2. God forbade man, to eat of the tree of the knowledg of good and evil, upon pain of death,b†

Notes

  1. *Gal. 3.12. The Law is not of Faith, but the man that doth them, shall live in them.
  2. †Gen. 2. 17. But of the Tree of Knowledg of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die.

Proofs

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

  1. aGalatians 3:12
  2. bGenesis 2:17

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