Selected quad for the lemma: sin_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sin_n	adam_n	nature_n	posterity_n	3,607	5	9.0097	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26693	A most familiar explanation of the Assemblies shorter catechism wherein their larger answers are broken into lesser parcels, thereby to let in the light by degrees into the minds of the learners : to which is added in the close, a most brief help for the necessary but much neglected duty of self-examination to be daily perused : and to this is subjoined a letter of Christian counsel to a destitute flock / by Jos. Allaine.	Alleine, Joseph, 1634-1668.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652). Shorter catechism.	1674 (1674)	Wing A974; ESTC R25230	60,470	184

Q. In what time did he make them A. In the space of six days Q. Of what quality did he make them A. All very good Q. 10. How did God create man A. God created man male and female after his own Image in knowledge right●ousness and holiness with dominion over the Creatures Q. Who created man A. God Q. Of what kind did he create him A. Male and Female Q. What mean you by Male and Female A. Man and Woman Q. After what image or likeness did he create them A. After his own image Q. Wherein did the image of God on man c●n●●t A. In Knowledge Righteousness and Holiness and Dominion over the Creatures Q. Which was the internal part of Gods image A. Knowledge Righteousness and Holiness Q. Which the external A. Dominion over the Creatures Q. Did God make man in a state of sin or holy and righteous A. Holy and righteous Q. 11. What are Gods works of Providence A. Gods Works of providence are his most holy wise and powerful preserving and governing all his Creatures and all their actions Q. Is there a Providence A. Yes Q. Which are the parts of Gods Providence A. Preserving and Governing all things Q. What things doth God preserve and govern in his Providence A. All his Creatures Q. What even the least yea and the worst and the most casual A. Yes Q. Is there nothing then but Gods Providence doth reach to it A. No. Q. In what doth God preserve and govern all his Creatures A. In all their actions Q. Is there any thing that doth need his preservation A. No. Q. Is there any thing that is not under his government A. No. Q. After what manner doth God preserve and govern all his Creatures A. Holily powerfully wisely Q. Is there wisdom in all Gods Providences A. Yes Q. Is there no sin nor unrighteousness in Gods Providences A. No. Q. 12. What special Act of Providence did God exercise towards man in the estate wherein he was created A. When God created man he entred into a Covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledg of good and evil upon pain of death Q. When God created man what did he do with him A. He entered into a Covenant with him Q. Into what Covenant A. A Covenant of life Q. Why do you call it a Covenant of life A. Because in this Covenant God promised eternal life Q. How many Covenants hath God made with man A. Two the Covenant of works and the Covenant of grace Q. Which of these was the Covenant which God entered into first with man when he was created A. The Covenant of works Q. Did God promise life to man upon any condition on his part A. Yes Q. What was the condition of this Covenant A. Works or obedience Q. Why was the first Covenant called a Covenant of works A. Because works or obedience was the alone condition of this Covenant Q. What special command did God give to man for the tryal of his obedience A. He forbad him to eat of the tree of Knowledge of good and evil Q. Why was the forbidden tree called the tree of Knowledge of good and evil A. Because thereby man came to know good and evil good by the loss of it and evil by the feeling of it Q. Under what penalty did God forbid him to eat A. Upon pain of death Q. 13. Did our first Parents continue in the state wherein they were created A. Our first Parents being left to the freedom of their own will fell from the estate wherein they were created by sinning against God Q. Did our first Parents fall A. Yes Q. From what did they fall A. From the estate wherein they were created Q What estate was that A. A Holy and happy estate Q What did they fall by A. By sinning against God Q. Who fell from the estate wherein they were created A. Our first Parents Q. What were they forced to sin A. No. Q. Was it by the voluntary abuse of their own free wil● A. Yes Q. Had man free willi nthe state of innocency till he sinned it away A. Yes Q. Were not our first Parents confirmed in the state of innocency A. No. Q. 14. What is Sin A. Sin is any want of conformity unto or transgression of the Law of God Q. What is the Rule which sin is an offence against A. The Law of God Q. What is meant by the Law of God A. The whole word of God Ps. 119. 7. Q. How many ways may we offend against the Law of God A. By coming short of it or transgressing against it Q. Is any want of Conformity to the Law or coming short of it a sin A. Yes Q. Is any transgressing of it a sin A. Yes Q. What is it to transgress the Law A. To pass the bounds that the Law sets Q. What do you mean by Conformity to the Law A. Agreeableness or suitableness to it Q Is any want of agreeableness to the Law a sin A. Yes Q. What if we come short of it in the least A. Yes Q Doth want of Conformity to the Law take in original sin and sins of omission and transgressing of the Law sins of commission A. Yes Q. Is nothing sin but what is against Gods Law A. No. Q. Is the Law the Rule then by which we may know what is duty and what is sin A. Yes Q. 15. What was the Sin whereby our First Parents fell from the Estate wherein they were Created A. The sin whereby our first Parents fell from the state wherein they were created was their eating the forbidden fruit Q. What did our first Parents fall by A. By sin Q. By what sin A. Eating the forbidden fruit Q. 16. Did all Mankind fall in Adams first transgression A. The Covenant being made with Adam 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 Q. Who sinned with Adam and fell with him A. All mankind Q. What did Christ sin in him and fall with him A. No but only all mankind that descended from him by ordinary generation Q. Who of all mankind had an extraordinary generation A. Jesus Christ. Q. In what transgression of Adam did all mankind sin in him and fall with him A. In the first transgression Q. Did they sin in him in all the transgressions that ever he committed A. No. Q. With whom was the Covenant made A. With Adam Q. Was it made with him for himself A. Yes Q. For himself only A. No. Q. For whom was it made with him besides himself A. For all his posterity Q. Is this the reason why all mankind sinned in Adam and fell with him because the Covenant was made with him not only for himself but for all his posterity A. Yes Q. 17. Into what estate did the fall bring Mankind A. The fall brought mankind

into an estate of sin and misery Q. What brought mankind into the estate of sin and misery A. The fall Q. Whom did it bring into an estate of sin and misery A. All mankind Q. Is all mankind by nature in a state of sin A. Yes Q. Is any man without sin A. No. Q. Is misery the consequence of sin A. Yes Q. 18. Wherein consists the sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell A. The sinfulness of that estate whereinto a man fell consists in the guilt of Adams first sin the want of Original righteousness and the corruption of his whole nature which is commonly called Original sin together with all actual transgressions which proceed from it Q. Doth the sinfulness of man consist in the guilt of Original sin A. Yes Q. And in the guilt of actual transgressions which proceed from these A. Yes Q. How many sorts of sin be there then in which the sinfulness of that estate into which man fell doth consist A. Two Original and Actual Q. Wherein consists Original sin A. In three things as 1. The guilt of Adams first sin 2. The want of Original righteousness 3. The corruption of the whole nature Q. What is guilt A. A binding over to punishment Q. Are we guilty of Adams sin A. Yes Q. Of what sin of Adams A. Of his first sin Q. Is the guilt of Adams first sin part of Original sin A. Yes Q. What do you mean by Original righteousness A. That holiness and righteousness that m●n was at first created in Q. Is man born with the Image of God upon him in holiness and righteousness A. No. Q. Doth he want then that first righteousness in which he was created A. Yes Q. Is mans nature corrupted A. Yes Q. How much of his nature A. His whole nature Q What is he all over defiled and corrupted in every part and in every faculty of soul and body A. Yes Q. By what is man so universally corrupted A. By Original sin Q. What is the guilt of Adams first sin want of Original righteousness and corruption of mans whole nature commonly called A. Original sin Q. Why is it called Original sin A. Because it is the sin that we have from our very birth and Original or the beginning of our being Q. Is man guilty of actual sin besides his Original A. Yes Q. What is actual sin A. That which proceeds from Original Q. Do all actual transgressions or sins of our lives proceed from Original or that of our natures A. Yes Q. 19. What is the misery of that estate whereinto man fell A. The misery of that estate whereinto man fell is that all mankind by their fall lost communion with God are under his wrath and curse and so made liable to all miseries in this life to death it self and to the pains of Hell for ever Q. What hath man lost A. Communion with God Q. What do you mean by communion with God A. Fellowship and Friendship with God Q. Is this lost by the fall A. Yes Q. Doth part of mans misery by his fall consist in his loss A. Yes Q. What is man brought under by the fall A. Under Gods wrath and curse Q. Is man in the favour of God since the fall A. No. Q. Is there an enmity bred between God and man by the fall A. Yes Q. What is the fruit of Gods wrath upon man A. His curse Q. Is man since the fall under the blessing of God A. No. Q. What are the parts of this curse A. All misery in this life death it self and the pains of Hell for ever Q. What is man made liable to in his life-time by the fall A. All miseries of this life Q. What is he liable to at the end of this life A. Death it self Q. Doth mans misery end with his life A. No. Q. What is he made liable unto after this life A. The pains of Hell Q. How long A. For ever Q. What are all the miseries of this life and the pains of death and Hell the fruit of the fall A. Yes Q. What is it that hath brought us to lose communion with God to be under his wrath and curse c. A. The fall Q. whom hath the fall brought into this miserable condition A. All mankind Q. 20. Did God leave all Mankind to persih in the state of sin and misery A. God having out of his meer good pleasure from all eternity elected some to everlasting life 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 Q. Must all mankind unavoidably perish in their sins and misery A. No. Q. Doth he save all from their sins and misery A. No. Q. Whom doth he save A. Only the Elect. Q. What do you mean by the Elect A. those whom God hath chosen to everlasting life Q. Hath God elected any A. Yes Q. Hath God elected all A. No but only some Q. What hath God chosen or elected them unto A. To everlasting life Q. What was the reason of Gods chusing or electing them A. His meer good pleasure Q. Was it for no desert of theirs that they were chosen A. No. Q. When did God chuse or elect them A. From all eternity Q. What did God do for his Elect to accomplish his decree touching their salvation A. He entered into Covenant with them Q. What Covenant did God establish with the Elect to bring about their salvation A. The Covenant of Grace Q. Could not the salvation of the Elect be brought about by the Covenant of Works A. No. Q. What did God make a new Covenant then A. Yes Q. Why is it called the Covenant of grace A. Because in this Covenant God doth most especially manifest his free and undeserved grace or favour Q. What doth God promise to deliver the Elect out of in the Covenant of grace A. Out of the estate of sin and misery Q. What doth God promise to bring them into in the Covenant of grace A. Into a state of salvation Q. How doth he promise to do this A. By a Redeemer Q. Doth the Covenant of grace find the Elect in a state of sin and misery A. Yes Q And doth it put them into a state of salvation A. Yes Q. 21. Who is the Redeemer of the Elect A. The only Redeemer of Gods Elect is the Lord Jesus Christ who being the eternal Son of God became Man and so was and continueth to be God and Man in two distinct natures and one Person for ever Q. What is the name of our Redeemer A. Jesus Christ. Q. Why is he called Jesus A. Because he is a Saviour Q. Why Christ A. Because he is anointed to the Offices of a Prophet Priest and King which persons were usually anointed under the Law Q. What Relation doth Christ stand in to us A. He is our Redeemer Q. What is it to Redeem A. By price or power