Sin and the Fall

13. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created?

Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

14. What is sin?

Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they where created?

The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.

16. Did all mankind fall in Adams first transgression?

The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself, but for his posterity; all mankind, desvending from him by ordinary generation, sined in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.