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Chapter 6. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment thereof — 1

Westminster Confession of Faith

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 counsel, to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory.

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Citation: Westminster Confession of Faith 6.1, Wikisource 1946 Carruthers transcription.

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