The Belgic Confession, Article XIV (5): The Fall of Man into Sin

The second sentence of Article 14 of the Belgic Confession begins with the conjunction, but! This places the sentence and subsequent thoughts in contrast to the former one. Thus it is. Having expressed the truth of God having created man in His own image, our fathers add, "But being in honor, he understood it not, neither knew his excellency, but willfully subjected himself to sin, and consequently to death, and the curse, giving ear to the words of the devil. The second sentence of Article 14...