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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. Gods works of providence are, his most holyu, wisew, and powerful preservingx, and governing all his creatures and all their actionsy.
- uPs. 1•5.17.
- wPs 104.24. Isa. 28.29.
- xHeb. 1.3.
- yPs. 103.9. Mat. 10.29, 30, 31.
Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created?
A. 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 knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death