Baptist Catechism -17--Q. What is sin--A. Sin is any want of conformity unto, or transgression of, the law of God.

Baptist Catechism -16--Q. Did our first parents continue in the estate wherein they were created--A. Our first parents, being left to the freedom of their own will, fell from the estate wherein they were created, by sinning against God.

Baptist Catechism -15--Q. What special act of providence did God exercise towards man, in the estate wherein he was created--A. 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 pain of death.

Baptist Catechism -13--Q. How did God create man--A. God created man male and female, after His own image, in knowledge, righteousness, and holiness, with dominion over the creatures.

Baptist Catechism -11-12--Q. How doth God execute His decrees--A. God executeth -executes- His decrees in the works of creation and providence.-Q. What is the work of creation--A. The work of creation is God's making all things of nothing, by the Word of His power, in the space of six days, and all very good.

Baptist Catechism -10--Q. What are the decrees of God--A. The decrees of God are His eternal purpose, according to the counsel of His will, whereby for His own glory, He has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.

Baptist Catechism -7--Q. What is God--A. God is a spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness and truth.