Q. 21. Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him?
Question. Did man continue in that estate wherein God at first created him?
Answer. Our first parents being left to the freedom of their own will, through the temptation of Satan, transgressed the commandment of God in eating the forbidden fruit; and thereby fell from the estate of innocency wherein they were created.
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