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6 The Larger Catechiſm. in Paradiſe, appointing him to dreſs it, giving him Liberty to eat of the Fruit of the Earth b; putting the Creatures under his Dominion, and ordaining Marriage for his Help k, affording him Communion with himſelf l; inſticuting the Sabbath m; entering into a Covenant of Life with him, upon Condition of Perſonal, Perfect and Perpetual Obedience of which the Tree of Life was a Pledge and for- bidding to eat of the Tree of the knowledge of Good and Evil, upon Pain of Death p. h Gen. il. 8, 15, 16. i Gen. i. 28. k Gen. ii. 18.1 Gen. i. 26, to 30, and ill. 8 m Gen. ii. 3. n Gal. l. 12. Rom X. 5. o Gen. ii. 9. p Gen. ii. 17. Q. Did Man continue is that Eſtate wherein Cod at firſt created him? A. Our firſt Parents being left to the Freedom of their own Will, thro' the Temptation of Satan, tranſ- greſſed the Commandment of God, in eating the for- bidden Fruit; and thereby fell from the Eſtate of Innocency wherein they were created q. 9 Gen. l. 6, 7, 8, 13. Eccl. vil. 20, 2 Cor. xi. 3. Q. Did all Mankind fall in that for Tranſgreſſion? A. The Covenant being made with Adam as a public Perſon, not for himſelf only, but for his Po- ſterity; all Mankind deſcending from him by Ordi- Dary Generation, ſinned in him, and fell with him in that firſt tranſgreſſion ſ. r Acts xvii. 26. (Gen. ii. 16. 17. with Rom. v. 12, to 20. 1 Cor. xv. 21. 22. Q. Into what eſtate did the fall bring mankind? A. The full brought mankind into an Eſtate of ſin and miſery t. t Rom. v. 1 2. and ill. 23. Q What is Sin ? A. Sin is any want of Conformity unto, or Tranſ- greſſion