...to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil. As to the ground of these evils, we are taught that " the covenant being made with Adam not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression." Or, as it is expressed in the Confession, " Our first parents, being the...

...with dominion over the creatures?' and he answers, Yes, we are satisf,ed. If he says he believes that 'the covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression,' we are satisfied. If he says that he believes that ' the sinfulness of that...

...be regarded as the family of God till they have undergone some conscious and manifest change.2 1 " The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation sinned in him and fell with him in his first transgression." — (Shorter Catechism.) " The sum of the covenant of works or of the law...

...of knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain and penalty of death." The i6th article reads thus: "A covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself but for his posterity, all mankind sinned in him and fell with him." The I5th article is on this wise : " The sin whereby our first parents...

...authorities speak for themselves. According to the doctrine as stated by the Westminister divines : " The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression. " The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell consists in the guilt of...

...first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created was their eating the forbidden fruit. 16. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression. 17. The fall brought mankind into an estate of sin and misery. 18. The sinfulness...

...of original sin. We believe the doctrine of original sin as expressed in our Shorter Catechism : " The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him in his first transgression " (Quest. 1 6th). The first man was a public person, acting as the federal...

...generation.' And again, 'The covenant being made with Adam as a public person, not for himself only, but for his posterity, all mankind descending from...fell with him in the first transgression. . . . The sinfulness of that estate whereinto man fell consisteth in the guilt of Adam's first sin.' Ver. 20....

...condemnation. * See Shedd on the sin of omission, in " Sermons to the Natural Man." Our Catechism says : " The covenant being made with Adam not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression." In the explanation of this relation there is considerable difference of opinion...

...dominion over the creatures " ? and he answers, Yes, we are satisfied. If he says he believes that ' the covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself,...ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression,' we are satisfied. If he says that he believes that ' the sinfulness of that...