Keach's Catechism, Question 16
Question 16
What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created?
When God had created man, He entered into a covenant of works with him, upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death.
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Genesis 2:16-1716And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden,
17but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”
Galatians 3:1212The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”
Romans 5:1212Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
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