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    Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) (1677), Elders and brethren of the Particular Baptist churches in London and the country · PDF

    Paragraph 6.1

    Chapter 6: Of the fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof

    Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatned death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this honour;a Satan using the subtilty of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Councel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own glory.b

    1. a. Genesis 2:16–17

      Genesis 2:16–17

      2:16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 2:17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

      2:16 And the LORD God commanded him, "You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, 2:17 but 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."

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    2. b. Genesis 3:12–13; 2 Corinthians 11:3

      Genesis 3:12–13

      3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 3:13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

      3:12 And the man answered, "The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it." 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" "The serpent deceived me," she replied, "and I ate."

      2 Corinthians 11:3

      11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

      11:3 I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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    Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 6.1 → Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) (1677), Paragraph 6.1

    Our first Parents being seduced by Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatned death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this honour; Satan using the subtilty and temptation Satan, sinned, of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; This their sin, which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Councel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own glory.

    Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 6.1

    Our first Parents being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin, God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsell to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory.

    Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658), Paragraph 6.1

    God having made a Covenant of Works and Life, thereupon, with our first Parents and all their posterity in them, they being seduced by the subtilty and temptation of Satan, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and break the Covenant in eating the forbidden fruit.

    Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) (1677), Paragraph 6.1

    Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatned death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this honour; Satan using the subtilty of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Councel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own glory.

    Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 6.1 → Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) (1677), Paragraph 6.1

    Our first Parents being seduced by Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatned death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this honour; Satan using the subtilty and temptation Satan, sinned, of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; This their sin, which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Councel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own glory.

    Westminster Confession of Faith (1646), Paragraph 6.1

    Our first Parents being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, sinned, in eating the forbidden fruit. This their sin, God was pleased, according to his wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to his own glory.

    Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order (1658), Paragraph 6.1

    God having made a Covenant of Works and Life, thereupon, with our first Parents and all their posterity in them, they being seduced by the subtlety and temptation of Satan, did willfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and break the Covenant in eating the forbidden fruit.

    Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (first printing) (1677), Paragraph 6.1

    Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatned death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this honour; Satan using the subtilty of the serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the command given unto them, in eating the forbidden fruit; which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Councel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own glory.

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    Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689), this paragraph in another edition

    Paragraph 6.1

    Although God created Man upright, and perfect, and gave him a righteous Law, which had been unto Life had he kept it, and threatned Death upon the breach thereof; yet he did not long abide in this Honour; Satan using the subtilty of the Serpent to seduce Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the Law of their Creation, and the Command given unto them, in eating the forbidden Fruit; which God was pleased according to his wise and holy Counsel to permit, having purposed to order it, to his own Glory.

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