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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 17. How did God create man?
A. After God had made all other creatures, he created man male and female kformed the body of the man ⟨p. 82⟩of the dust of the ground2, and the woman of a rib of the manm, endued them with living, reasonable and immortal soulsn: made them after his own imageo, in knowledgep, righteousness, and holinessq, having the law of God written in their heartsr: and power to fulfil its, with dominion over the creaturest, yet subject to fallu.
A. After God had made oll other creatures, he created man male and female kform'd the body of the man ⟨p. 82⟩