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13 Cards in this Set
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7. What are the decrees of God?
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The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose, according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.
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8. How doth God execute his decrees?
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God executes his decrees in the words of creation and providence.
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9. What is the work of Creation?
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The work of creation is, God's making all things of nothing, by the word of his power, in the space of six days, and all very good.
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10. How did God create man?
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God created man male and female, after his own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and in holiness, with dominion over all the creatures.
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11. What are God's works of providence?
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God's works of providence are, his most holy, wise, and powerful preserving and governing all his creatures and all their actions.
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12. What special act of providence did God exercise towards
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When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.
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13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?
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Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.
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14. What is sin?
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Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.
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15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created?
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The sin whereby our first parents fell from the sate wherein they were created, was their eating of the forbidden fruit.
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16. Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
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The covenant being made with Adam, no only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.
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17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
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The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery.
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18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell?
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The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell, consists in the guild of Adam's first sin, the want of original righteousness, and the corruption of his whole nature, which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it.
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19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
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All mankind by their fall lost communion with God, are under his wrath and curse, and so made liable to all the miseries of this life, to death itself, and to the pains of hell forever.
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