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.