Can none have saving Benefit by Christ, but such as are united to him? A. No; for as Adam's Sin could not hurt us, except we had been in him ; so Christ's Redemption cannot profit us, except we are in him, 1 Cor 1:30 But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption.

What are the Bonds of this Union? A. The Spirit on God's Part, 1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his Commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him; and hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. And Faith on our Part, Eph 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith.

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Nothing can be a Sin but what God hath either expressly, or by Consequence, forbidden in his Word.

Why was this Tree called the Tree of Knowledge? A. Not from any natural Efficacy it had to give Knowledge ; but the Knowledge he should have by eating, or not eating, was experimental Knowledge, i.e. Knowledge to his Sorrow.

Did no Man ever escape the Sin of Adam? A. Yes, the Man Christ Jesus did, and he only, Heb 7:26 For such an high Priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from Sinners.

Why was Christ not tainted with it? A. Because he came into the World in an extraordinary Way, Matt 1:18

It should provoke Parents to use their utmost Diligence for the Conversion of their Children, who draw Sin from them.

[What do you learn from the misery here and hereafter?] The wo[e]ful State of the unconverted. Miserable here, and miserable to Eternity.

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How was the Threatning fulfilled, of dying in the Day he eat, seeing he lived 930 years? A. He died spiritually, that Day; and though the Sentence on his Body was respited in Order to Posterity, yet then his Body received the Death Wound, of which afterward he died.

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