{"number":23,"question":"Did God leave all mankind to perish in the estate of sin and misery?","answer":"God having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.","segments":[{"text":"God having out of his mere good pleasure, from all eternity, elected some to everlasting life,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4–5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:4–5","osis":["Eph.1.4-Eph.1.5"]}],"note":null},{"text":"did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of the estate of sin and misery, and to bring them into an estate of salvation by a Redeemer.","proofs":["Romans 3:20–22","Galatians 3:21–22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:20–22","osis":["Rom.3.20-Rom.3.22"]},{"printed":"Galatians 3:21–22","osis":["Gal.3.21-Gal.3.22"]}],"note":null}],"section":null,"relations":{"bc1695-modernized":["23"],"wlc":["30"],"wsc":["20"]},"diffs":[{"source":"wlc","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"having out of his mere good pleasure, from","position":null},{"text":"eternity, elected some","position":null},{"text":"everlasting life, did enter into a covenant of grace, to deliver them out of","position":null},{"text":"to bring","position":null},{"text":"a Redeemer.","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}