Chapter 6: Of the Fall of Man, of Sin, and of the Punishment Thereof — Chapter 7: Of God's Covenant

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

Outline 1 -- Theme: Of the Fall
Paras I. The nature of the Fall
1 A. The general setting of the Fall: "Although God created. . . .in
his honour"

1. Integrity
2. Contingency

3. Brevity B. The particular description of the Fall: "Satan using. . . ."

1. The occasion of the Fall
2. The manner of the Fall
3. The essence of the Fall
4. The substance of the Fall

5. The permission of the Fall
2-5 II. The result of the Fall
2 A. Representative sin
3 B. Original sin

1. Its transmission: "They being the root. . ."

Its dual basis
Its dual essence
Its defined recipients

2. Its results: "being now conceived. . . ." 4 C. Actual sin

1. Its source: "from original corruption"

2. Its climate: "whereby we are utterly . . . . evil" 5 D. Remaining sin

Outline 2 -- Theme: Of Sin
1 I. The origin of sin: the Fall
A. Its general setting
B. Its particular description
2-3 II. The solidarity in sin
2 A. Its reality
3 B. Its transmission
4-5 III. The effects of sin
4 A. Its reign in the unregenerate generally
5 B. It remains in the regenerate particularly

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 93-94. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________

Of God's Covenant

Paras
1 I. The general necessity of the covenant of grace
2 II. The essential character of the covenant of grace
A. Its universal dimension
B. Its particular dimension
3 III. The significant features of the covenant of grace
A. Its progressive revelation
B. Its eternal foundation
C. Its exclusive provision

From: Samuel E. Waldron, A Modern Exposition of the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith, (Evangelical Press, 1989), p. 106. Used by permission. __________________________________________________________________