Q.15. What was the sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate where in they were created?

A. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit.[c]

[c] Gen. 3:6,12.

We are here taught,

1. That the first and particular sin of Adam was the eating of the forbidden fruit.

2. That the eating of the forbidden fruit was the cause of Adam’s fall.

Q.16. Did all mankind fall in Adam’s first transgression?

A. The covenant being made with Adam, not only for himself but for his posterity; all mankind, descending from him by ordinary generation, sinned in him, and fell with him, in his first transgression.[d]

[d] Gen. 2:16,17. Rom. 5:12. 1 Cor. 15:21,22.

We are here taught,

1. That the covenant of works made with Adam was for himself and his posterity.

2. That all mankind, descending from Adam by ordinary generation, sinned in him and fell with him.

3. That it was in Adam’s first transgression that we sinned and fell.