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Q. 11. What are God's works of providence?
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God's works of providence are, his most holy [a], wise [b], and powerful [c] preserving [d] and governing [e] all his creatures, and all their actions [f].
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[a]. Ps. 145:17 [b]. Ps. 104:24 [c]. Heb. 1:3 [d]. Neh. 9:6 [e]. Eph. 1:19-22 [f]. Ps. 36:6; Prov. 16:33; Matt. 10:30
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Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
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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 pain of death. [a]
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[a]. Gen. 2:16-17; Jas. 2:10
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Q. 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 [a].
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[a]. Gen. 3:6-8, 13; II Cor. 11:3
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Q. 14. What is sin?
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Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God [a].
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[a]. Lev. 5:17; Jas. 4:17; I John 3:4
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Q. 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 estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit [a].
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[a]. Gen. 3:6
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Q. 16. Did all mankind fall in Adam's first transgression?
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The covenant being made with Adam [a], not 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 [b].
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[a]. Gen. 2:16-17; Jas. 2:10 [b]. Rom. 5:12-21; ICor. 15:22
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Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
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The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery [a].
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[a]. Gen. 3:16-19, 23; Rom. 3:16; 5:12; Eph. 2:1
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Q. 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 guilt of Adam's first sin [a], the want of original righteousness [b], and the corruption of his whole nature [c], which is commonly called original sin; together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it [d].
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[a]. Rom. 5:12, 19 [b]. Rom. 3:10; Col. 3:10; Eph. 4:24 [c]. Ps. 51:5; John 3:6; Rom. 3:18; 8:7-8; Eph. 2:3 [d]. Gen. 6:5; Ps. 53:1-3; Matt. 15:19; Rom. 3:10-18, 23; Gal. 5:19-21; Jas. 1:14-15
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Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell?
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All mankind by their fall lost communion with God [a], are under his wrath [b] and curse [c], and so made liable to all miseries in this life [d], to death [e] itself, and to the pains of hell for ever [f].
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[a]. Gen. 3:8, 24; John 8:34, 42, 44; Eph. 2:12; 4:18 [b]. John 3:36; Rom. 1:18; Eph. 2:3; 5:6 [c]. Gal. 3:10; Rev. 22:3 [d]. Gen. 3:16-19; Job 5:7; Ecc. 2:22-23; Rom. 8:18-23 [e]. Ezek. 18:4; Rom. 5:12; 6:23 [f]. Matt. 25:41, 46; II Thess. 1:9; Rev. 14:9-11
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Q. 20. Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?
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God having, out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life [a,] did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer [b].
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[a]. Acts 13:48; Eph. 1:4-5; II Thess. 2:13-14 [b]. Gen. 3:15; 17:7; Ex. 19:5-6; Jer. 31:31-34; Matt. 20:28; I Cor. 11:25; Heb. 9:15
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