{"number":104,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[104],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is previous examination necessary to a right participation of this ordinance?","answer":"Yes. Let a man examine himself, and so let him","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let a man examine himself, and so let him","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:28","osis":["1Cor.11.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we examine our hearts?","answer":"Yes. I commune with mine own heart,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I commune with mine own heart,","proofs":["Psalm 77:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 77:6","osis":["Ps.77.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our ways?","answer":"Yes. I thought on my ways,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I thought on my ways,","proofs":["Psalm 119:59"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:59","osis":["Ps.119.59"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we do this impartially?","answer":"Yes. Thus saith the Lord, deceive not yourselves,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus saith the Lord, deceive not yourselves,","proofs":["Jeremiah 37:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 37:9","osis":["Jer.37.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And diligently?","answer":"Yes. My spirit made diligent search,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My spirit made diligent search,","proofs":["Psalm 77:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 77:6","osis":["Ps.77.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And sedately?","answer":"Yes. They sat down to examine the matter,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They sat down to examine the matter,","proofs":["Ezra 10:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezra 10:16","osis":["Ezra.10.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And when scruples arise should we desire God’s assistance?","answer":"Yes. Examine me, O Lord, and prove me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Examine me, O Lord, and prove me,","proofs":["Psalm 26:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 26:2","osis":["Ps.26.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we examine concerning our knowledge?","answer":"Yes. Know ye what I have done to you?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Know ye what I have done to you?","proofs":["John 13:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 13:12","osis":["John.13.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And without this do we partake unworthily?","answer":"Yes. Not discerning the Lord’s body,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not discerning the Lord’s body,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:29","osis":["1Cor.11.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we also inquire into our faith in Jesus Christ?","answer":"Yes. Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Examine yourselves whether ye be in the faith,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 13:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 13:5","osis":["2Cor.13.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our love to God and one another?","answer":"Yes. For without charity we are nothing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For without charity we are nothing,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:2","osis":["1Cor.13.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our repentance?","answer":"Yes. For the sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit,","proofs":["Psalm 51:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 51:17","osis":["Ps.51.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our new obedience?","answer":"Yes. Let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let us keep the feast, not with the leaven of malice and wickedness,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 5:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 5:8","osis":["1Cor.5.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must this sacrament be received with great reverence?","answer":"Yes. In thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In thy fear will I worship towards thy holy temple,","proofs":["Psalm 5:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 5:7","osis":["Ps.5.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with warm affections?","answer":"Yes. We will remember thy love more than wine,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We will remember thy love more than wine,","proofs":["Song of Solomon 1:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Song of Solomon 1:4","osis":["Song.1.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with goodly sorrow?","answer":"Yes. The passover was to be eaten with bitter herbs,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The passover was to be eaten with bitter herbs,","proofs":["Exodus 12:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 12:8","osis":["Exod.12.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with an holy indifference to the world?","answer":"Yes. Ye shall eat with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye shall eat with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand,","proofs":["Exodus 12:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 12:11","osis":["Exod.12.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with spiritual joy and gladness?","answer":"Yes. They did eat their meat with gladness, praising God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They did eat their meat with gladness, praising God,","proofs":["Acts 2:46–47"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:46–47","osis":["Acts.2.46-Acts.2.47"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we now renew our engagements to God?","answer":"Yes. Thy vows are upon me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thy vows are upon me,","proofs":["Psalm 56:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 56:12","osis":["Ps.56.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we afterwards remember and discharge them?","answer":"Yes. Pay that which thou hast vowed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Pay that which thou hast vowed,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 5:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 5:4","osis":["Eccl.5.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do the carnal and unregenerate receive this ordinance unworthily?","answer":"Yes. What hast thou to do to take my covenant in thy mouth, seeing thou hatest instruction,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"What hast thou to do to take my covenant in thy mouth, seeing thou hatest instruction,","proofs":["Psalm 50:16–17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 50:16–17","osis":["Ps.50.16-Ps.50.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And the wrathful and uncharitable?","answer":"Yes. When ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; this is not to eat the Lord’s supper,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; this is not to eat the Lord’s supper,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:18, 20"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:18, 20","osis":["1Cor.11.18","1Cor.11.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And those who partake of it as a common meal?","answer":"Yes. Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Have ye not houses to eat and to drink in?","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:22","osis":["1Cor.11.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And who use it as a qualification for civil offices?","answer":"Yes. For they say that the table of the Lord is contemptible,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they say that the table of the Lord is contemptible,","proofs":["Malachi 1:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Malachi 1:7","osis":["Mal.1.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do such offer a great affront to Christ?","answer":"Yes. They are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:27","osis":["1Cor.11.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And a great injury to themselves?","answer":"Yes. For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:30","osis":["1Cor.11.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And do all these things make self-examination the more necessary?","answer":"Yes. For if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For if we would judge ourselves we should not be judged,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:31","osis":["1Cor.11.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}