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An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
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.
Of the Tree of Knowledge.
Quest. 15. What is the sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created?
Quest. 15. WHat is the sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created?
A. The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.
Q. 1 Why was this Tree called the Tree of Knowledge?
Q. 1 VVhy was this Tree called the Tree of Knowledge?
A. Not from any natural efficacy it had to give knowledge; but the Knowledge he should have by eating, or not eating, was experimental Knowledge, (i. .) Knowledge to his Sorrow.