{"number":109,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[109],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Hath God a peculiar kingdom in this world?","answer":"Yes. For the kingdom of God is within you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the kingdom of God is within you,","proofs":["Luke 17:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 17:21","osis":["Luke.17.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is this a spiritual kingdom?","answer":"Yes. For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost,","proofs":["Romans 14:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 14:17","osis":["Rom.14.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And a powerful kingdom?","answer":"Yes. For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 4:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 4:20","osis":["1Cor.4.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is Christ the administrator of this kingdom?","answer":"Yes. He therefore died and rose, and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He therefore died and rose, and revived that he might be Lord both of the dead and living,","proofs":["Romans 14:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 14:9","osis":["Rom.14.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are the saints the subjects of it?","answer":"Yes. They are translated into the kingdom of God’s dear","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are translated into the kingdom of God’s dear","proofs":["Colossians 1:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 1:13","osis":["Col.1.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is the written word the law of it?","answer":"Yes. Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,","proofs":["Isaiah 2:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 2:3","osis":["Isa.2.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Hath Satan set up a kingdom in opposition to that of Christ?","answer":"Yes. He is the prince of this world,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He is the prince of this world,","proofs":["John 16:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 16:11","osis":["John.16.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And doth he rule in this kingdom?","answer":"Yes. He now worketh in the children of disobedience,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He now worketh in the children of disobedience,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:2","osis":["Eph.2.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he do all that he can to hinder the progress of Christ’s kingdom?","answer":"Yes. We would have come to you once and again, but Satan hindered us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We would have come to you once and again, but Satan hindered us,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 2:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 2:18","osis":["1Thess.2.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is his power limited?","answer":"Yes. Behold he is in thine hand, but save his life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Behold he is in thine hand, but save his life,","proofs":["Job 2:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 2:6","osis":["Job.2.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we pray that it might be more and more restrained?","answer":"Yes. The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan,","proofs":["Zechariah 3:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 3:2","osis":["Zech.3.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And have we reason to hope that our prayer shall be answered?","answer":"Yes. The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly,","proofs":["Romans 16:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 16:20","osis":["Rom.16.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth antichrist receive his power from Satan?","answer":"Yes. And the dragon gave his power, his seat, and his authority, to the beast,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And the dragon gave his power, his seat, and his authority, to the beast,","proofs":["Revelation 13:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 13:2","osis":["Rev.13.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And doth he imitate him in malice, cunning and cruelty?","answer":"Yes. His coming is after the working of Satan,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"His coming is after the working of Satan,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:9","osis":["2Thess.2.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And join with him in his opposition to the kingdom of Christ?","answer":"Yes. He opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:4","osis":["2Thess.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we therefore pray for his downfal?","answer":"Yes. How long, O Lord, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"How long, O Lord, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?","proofs":["Revelation 6:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 6:10","osis":["Rev.6.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will our prayer be answered?","answer":"Yes. Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen,","proofs":["Revelation 18:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 18:2","osis":["Rev.18.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we pray for sinners?","answer":"Yes. God forbid that I should cease praying for you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"God forbid that I should cease praying for you,","proofs":["1 Samuel 12:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Samuel 12:23","osis":["1Sam.12.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we pray that wicked principles might be exploded?","answer":"Yes. O send out thy light and thy truth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O send out thy light and thy truth,","proofs":["Psalm 43:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 43:3","osis":["Ps.43.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And wicked practices restrained?","answer":"Yes. O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end,","proofs":["Psalm 7:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 7:9","osis":["Ps.7.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that wicked persons might be converted and changed?","answer":"Yes. I would to God that all that hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I would to God that all that hear me this day were both almost and altogether such as I am,","proofs":["Acts 26:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 26:29","osis":["Acts.26.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we not only pray for others, but for ourselves?","answer":"Yes. Turn thou me, and I shall be turned,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Turn thou me, and I shall be turned,","proofs":["Jeremiah 31:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 31:18","osis":["Jer.31.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we pray for the church?","answer":"Yes. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion,","proofs":["Psalm 51:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 51:18","osis":["Ps.51.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we pray that the church might be established?","answer":"Yes. That the mountain of the Lord’s house might be established upon the top of the mountains,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That the mountain of the Lord’s house might be established upon the top of the mountains,","proofs":["Isaiah 2:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 2:2","osis":["Isa.2.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And united?","answer":"Yes. Peace be within thy walls,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Peace be within thy walls,","proofs":["Psalm 122:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 122:7","osis":["Ps.122.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And increased?","answer":"Yes. That the kingdoms of this world might become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That the kingdoms of this world might become the kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ,","proofs":["Revelation 11:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 11:15","osis":["Rev.11.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And reformed?","answer":"Yes. That judgment might return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart might follow it,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That judgment might return unto righteousness and all the upright in heart might follow it,","proofs":["Psalm 94:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 94:15","osis":["Ps.94.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And delivered from the fury of all its oppressors?","answer":"Yes. That the rod of the wicked might not rest upon the lot of the righteous,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That the rod of the wicked might not rest upon the lot of the righteous,","proofs":["Psalm 125:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 125:3","osis":["Ps.125.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we pray for the farther calling of the Gentiles?","answer":"Yes. That thy way may be known upon earth, and thy saving health among all nations,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That thy way may be known upon earth, and thy saving health among all nations,","proofs":["Psalm 67:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 67:2","osis":["Ps.67.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And for the conversion of the Jews?","answer":"Yes. My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved,","proofs":["Romans 10:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 10:1","osis":["Rom.10.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we pray that magistrates might be raised up to favour the gospel?","answer":"Yes. That kings might be nursing fathers and queens nursing mothers to the Israel of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That kings might be nursing fathers and queens nursing mothers to the Israel of God,","proofs":["Isaiah 49:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 49:23","osis":["Isa.49.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that the gospel, wherever it is preached, might be followed with success?","answer":"Yes. That the word of the Lord might have free course, and be glorified,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That the word of the Lord might have free course, and be glorified,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 3:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 3:1","osis":["2Thess.3.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we pray that particular Christians might be comforted?","answer":"Yes. Now our Lord Jesus—comfort your hearts,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Now our Lord Jesus—comfort your hearts,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:17","osis":["2Thess.2.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And sanctified?","answer":"Yes. The very God of peace sanctify you wholly,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The very God of peace sanctify you wholly,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 5:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 5:23","osis":["1Thess.5.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And preserved?","answer":"Yes. I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I pray God that your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 5:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 5:23","osis":["1Thess.5.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is the state of blessedness above called a kingdom?","answer":"Yes. This I say, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This I say, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 15:50"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 15:50","osis":["1Cor.15.50"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is this kingdom yet to come?","answer":"Yes. It is glory that shall be revealed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is glory that shall be revealed,","proofs":["1 Peter 5:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 5:1","osis":["1Pet.5.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we be fully persuaded that it will come?","answer":"Yes. Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of the great God and our Saviour,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Looking for the blessed hope and glorious appearance of the great God and our Saviour,","proofs":["Titus 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 2:13","osis":["Titus.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we pray that it might come?","answer":"Yes. Even so, come, Lord Jesus,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Even so, come, Lord Jesus,","proofs":["Revelation 22:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 22:20","osis":["Rev.22.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that we and others might be prepared for it?","answer":"Yes. That we might be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That we might be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ,","proofs":["Philippians 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 1:10","osis":["Phil.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And admitted into it?","answer":"Yes. Desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:2","osis":["2Cor.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}