{"number":11,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[11],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Doth God execute his own decrees?","answer":"Yes. My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure,","proofs":["Isaiah 45:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 45:10","osis":["Isa.45.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth God execute his decrees in the works of creation?","answer":"Yes. For thy pleasure they are and were created,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For thy pleasure they are and were created,","proofs":["Revelation 4:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 4:11","osis":["Rev.4.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was creation the first external work wherein God began to execute his decrees?","answer":"Yes. In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth,","proofs":["Genesis 1:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 1:1","osis":["Gen.1.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth God also execute his decrees in the works of providence?","answer":"Yes. He doth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He doth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth,","proofs":["Daniel 4:35"],"refs":[{"printed":"Daniel 4:35","osis":["Dan.4.35"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth God make use of good angels for the execution of his decrees?","answer":"Yes. They do his commandments,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They do his commandments,","proofs":["Psalm 103:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 103:20","osis":["Ps.103.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And of evil angels?","answer":"Yes. I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets, and he said, go forth and do","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all the prophets, and he said, go forth and do","proofs":["1 Kings 22:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 22:22","osis":["1Kgs.22.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of men?","answer":"Yes. That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That saith of Cyrus, he is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,","proofs":["Isaiah 44:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 44:28","osis":["Isa.44.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of inferior creatures?","answer":"Yes. I will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost parts of the rivers of Egypt,","proofs":["Isaiah 7:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 7:18","osis":["Isa.7.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But does God sometimes work without instruments?","answer":"Yes. Mine own arm brought salvation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Mine own arm brought salvation,","proofs":["Isaiah 63:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 63:5","osis":["Isa.63.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are God’s works inextricable?","answer":"Yes. For no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 3:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 3:11","osis":["Eccl.3.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Can they be amended?","answer":"No. Whatsoever God doth—nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whatsoever God doth—nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 3:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 3:14","osis":["Eccl.3.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Ought they to be studied?","answer":"Yes. They are sought of them that have pleasure therein,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are sought of them that have pleasure therein,","proofs":["Psalm 111:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 111:2","osis":["Ps.111.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we learn of God, first to determine, and then to do?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee,","proofs":["Job 22:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 22:28","osis":["Job.22.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}