{"number":26,"title":"How doth Christ execute the office of a King?","part":null,"questions":[26],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"How doth Christ execute the office of a King?","answer":"Christ executeth the office of a King, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.","segments":[{"text":"Christ executeth the office of a King, in subduing us to himself, in ruling and defending us, and restraining and conquering all his and our enemies.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Who is the King of the Church?","answer":"Christ.","segments":[{"text":"Christ.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth Christ execute his Kingly office towards his people?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And towards his enemies?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How towards his people?","answer":"First in subduing them to himself, and then in ruling, and defending them.","segments":[{"text":"First in subduing them to himself, and then in ruling, and defending them.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do we submit to Christ of our own accord?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are we by nature enemies to him?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he fain to subdue us by his Kingly power, before we become his peculiar people?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"To whom doth Christ subdue us?","answer":"To himself.","segments":[{"text":"To himself.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are all true believers then Christs subjects, and he their King?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is the Church Christs Kingdome in an especial manner?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth Christ leave us to our own care after he hath once subdued us?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he rule, and govern his people as a King doth his subjects?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he rule them by his Laws, and Spirit, and Officers, and Discipline?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it then belong to Christs Kingly Office, to ordain Laws, wake Officers, and appoint the use of censures for his Church?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What doth Christ do as a King with reference to his enemies?","answer":"Restrain them, and conquer them.","segments":[{"text":"Restrain them, and conquer them.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are his enemies ours, and ours his?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Whom of our enemies doth Christ restrain and conquer?","answer":"All.","segments":[{"text":"All.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What Sin, Satan, Death, wicked men, the world, and all?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Will he suffer his, and our enemies to do what they list with us?","answer":"No, he will restrain them.","segments":[{"text":"No, he will restrain them.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Will he leave us to shift for our selves?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Will he suffer any of our enemies finally to prevail against us?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Will he conquer them all at last?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"To which of Christs Offices doth it belong to subdue, and govern us, and to restrain, and conquer our enemies?","answer":"To his Kingly Office.","segments":[{"text":"To his Kingly Office.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}