SD 6.3

6.3. Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof

They being the root, and by God's appointment standing in the room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of this sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation.

Proof texts

• Gen. 1:27, 28 & Gen. 2:16, 17 and Acts 17:26 with Rom. 5:12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 1 Cor. 15:21, 22, 49
• Ps. 51:5 — [5] Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
• Gen. 5:3 — [3] When Adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
• Job 14:4, Job 15:14 — [4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is not one.

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Gen. 1:27, 28 & Gen. 2:16, 17 and Acts 17:26 with Rom. 5:12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 1 Cor. 15:21, 22, 49 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. 4 passages are cited here. Which does the most work, and is anything claimed that the proofs do not obviously carry?
3. WCF 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. 1689 6.1 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?

Read alongside

WCF 6.1 · 1689 6.1 · 1689 6.2 · 1689 6.3 · 1689 6.4 · 1689 6.5