{"number":101,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[101],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is there an invisible church of Christ?","answer":"Yes. Unto the general assembly and church of the firstborn,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Unto the general assembly and church of the firstborn,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:23","osis":["Heb.12.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth this consist of all the elect?","answer":"Yes. Which are written in heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Which are written in heaven,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:23","osis":["Heb.12.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is there a visible church of Christ upon earth?","answer":"Yes. For we read that Saul made a havoc of the church,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we read that Saul made a havoc of the church,","proofs":["Acts 8:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 8:3","osis":["Acts.8.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth this consist of professing believers?","answer":"Yes. They that gladly received the word were added to the church,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They that gladly received the word were added to the church,","proofs":["Acts 2:41"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:41","osis":["Acts.2.41"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this church divided into separate assemblies which are also called churches?","answer":"Yes. Then had the churches rest,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Then had the churches rest,","proofs":["Acts 9:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 9:31","osis":["Acts.9.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Were these churches national or provincial?","answer":"No. For we read of the churches in Galatia,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we read of the churches in Galatia,","proofs":["Galatians 1:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 1:2","osis":["Gal.1.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth a particular gospel church consist of as many as may comfortably meet together in one place?","answer":"Yes. When they had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When they had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done,","proofs":["Acts 14:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 14:27","osis":["Acts.14.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it a voluntary society?","answer":"Yes. They first gave their own selves unto the Lord, and unto us by the will of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They first gave their own selves unto the Lord, and unto us by the will of God,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 8:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 8:5","osis":["2Cor.8.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And an authoritative one?","answer":"Yes. When ye are gathered together with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such an one to Satan,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When ye are gathered together with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such an one to Satan,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 5:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 5:5","osis":["1Cor.5.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should it be an orderly one?","answer":"Yes. Joying and beholding your order,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Joying and beholding your order,","proofs":["Colossians 2:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:5","osis":["Col.2.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And doth Christ own such churches as his own?","answer":"Yes. What thou seest write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"What thou seest write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia,","proofs":["Revelation 1:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 1:11","osis":["Rev.1.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it the duty of baptized believers to separate themselves from the world?","answer":"Yes. Come out from among them and be ye separate,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Come out from among them and be ye separate,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 6:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 6:17","osis":["2Cor.6.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And to join themselves to some particular church of Christ?","answer":"Yes. Paul essayed to join himself to the disciples,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Paul essayed to join himself to the disciples,","proofs":["Acts 9:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 9:26","osis":["Acts.9.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should they do this soon after their baptism?","answer":"Yes. They were baptized, and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They were baptized, and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls,","proofs":["Acts 2:41"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:41","osis":["Acts.2.41"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is Christian fellowship necessary for the glory of God?","answer":"Yes. That we may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That we may with one mind and one mouth glorify God,","proofs":["Romans 15:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 15:6","osis":["Rom.15.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And for the celebration of gospel ordinances?","answer":"Yes. The church of Corinth came together into one place—to eat the Lord’s supper,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The church of Corinth came together into one place—to eat the Lord’s supper,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:20","osis":["1Cor.11.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And for mutual edification?","answer":"Yes. Woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 4:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 4:10","osis":["Eccl.4.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should those therefore that enter into church fellowship endeavour to answer the ends of it?","answer":"Yes. Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works,","proofs":["Hebrews 10:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:24","osis":["Heb.10.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}