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 q. What way do we shew forth these?

A. When we delight in them our selves, tell them to others, and take care to be like them.

q. What is it to enjoy God?

A. It is to be delighted in His Company and Favours.

q. When do we enjoy God?

A. Now on Earth, and afterwards in Heaven.

q. Who was the first Man and Woman?

A. Adam and Eve.

q. Where did he put them at first?

A. Into Paradise or the garden of Eden.

q. What was Mans first Estate?

A. Holy and Happy.

q. How did God govern Man in that Estate?

A. By the Law, or Covenant of works.

q. What did God command Man, in that Law or Covenant?

A. To love, honour, and obey his Creator.

q. What did God promise to Man upon his obedience?

A. Life, or Happiness here, and hereafter.

q. What did God threaten, if he disobeyed?

A. Death and Misery, here and hereafter.

q. What is did God give Man of Happiness?

A. The Tree of Life.

q. What was the sign of his Misery?

A. The Tree of Kowledge of good and evil.

q. Might innocent man eat of the Tree of Life?

A. Yes; He might.

q. Might be have Eaten of the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil?

A. No: for God forbad him.

q. Why did God forbid bim?

A. To take a Tryal of his Obedience.

q. Did Man continue to obey that Law or Covenant?

A. No: He brake it.

q. How did he break it?

A. By