Q.13. 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.[a]

[a] Gen. 3:6-8,13. Eccl. 7:29.

We are here taught,

1. That our first parents were left to the freedom of their own will.

2. That they fell from the estate in which they were created, by sinning against God.