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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.
A. The Covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only▪ but for his posterity, ⟨p. 84⟩all mankind descending from him by ordinary generationr, sinned in him, and fell with him in that first transgressions.
A. The Covenant being made with Adam as a publick person, not for himself only▪ but for his posterity, ⟨p. 84⟩all mankind descending from him by ordinary generationr, sinned in him, and fell with him in that first transgressions.
Q. 23. Into what estate did the fall bring mankind?
A. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery