Q12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?
When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him, upon condition of perfect obedience; forbidding him to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, upon the pain of death.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
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Galatians 3:12
“And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.”
Genesis 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.”
Commentary — Thomas Vincent (1674)
Question 1. What is a covenant?
Answer. A covenant, is a mutual agreement and engagement between two or more parties, to give or do something.
Question 2. What is God's covenant with man?