Question 13

1. Were there any men before Adam? No.

   “He was the first man” 1 Corinthians 15:45

2. Are all men then derived from Adam? Yes.

   “He hath made of one blood all nations of men” Acts 17:26

3. And did Adam himself derive his being from God? Yes.

   “Who was the son of God” Luke 3:38

1. Did God create man male and female? Yes.

   “Male and female created he them” Genesis 5:2

2. Was there a difference in the manner of their creation? Yes.

   “For the man is not the woman, but the woman of the man” 1 Corinthians 11:8

3. And in the order of their creation? Yes.

   “For Adam was first formed, and then Eve” 1 Timothy 2:13

4. And in the end of their creation? Yes.

   “For the man was not created for the woman, but the woman for the man” 1 Corinthians 11:9

1. Was man made after the image of God? Yes.

   “God created man after his own image” Genesis 1:27

2. Did that image consist in knowledge? Yes.

   “For we are renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created us” Colossians 3:10

3. And in righteousness and holiness? Yes.

   “For the new man after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness” Ephesians 4:24

4. And in authority and government? Yes.

   “For thou hast put all things under his feet” Psalm 8:6

5. Was this state of man a very glorious one? Yes.

   “Thou hast crowned him with glory and honour” Psalm 8:5

6. But was it an abiding one? No.

   “For man being in honour abideth not” Psalm 49:12

Benjamin Beddome (1717–1795), pastor at Bourton-on-the-Water. Verses from the King James Version.