Q. 12. What special act of providence did God exercise toward man in the estate wherein he was created?

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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.

Gal. 3:12; Gen. 2:17.

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Index: CONDITION Perfect obedience the condition of covenant of works
Index: COVENANT OF WORKS Covenant of life
Index: INNOCENCY State of man in
Index: LIFE Tree of life, pledge of covenant of works
Index: MAN State before the fall
Index: PROVIDENCE God’s providence toward man when created
Index: TREE OF LIFE Pledge of covenant of works

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Galatians 3:12
KJV
Galatians 3:12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.
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Genesis 2:17
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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.
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