{"number":110,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[110],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is God’s purpose his will?","answer":"Yes. He doth according to his will in the army 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 army 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":"Should all our actions be referred to this determining will of God?","answer":"Yes. Ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we will do this or that,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye ought to say, if the Lord will, we will do this or that,","proofs":["James 4:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 4:15","osis":["Jas.4.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we submit to it in all dispensations?","answer":"Yes. When he would not be persuaded they ceased, saying, the will of the Lord be done,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When he would not be persuaded they ceased, saying, the will of the Lord be done,","proofs":["Acts 21:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 21:14","osis":["Acts.21.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth this submission consist with a due sense of the evil of affliction?","answer":"Yes. For we must not despise the chastening of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we must not despise the chastening of the Lord,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:5","osis":["Heb.12.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with a moderate grief and sorrow, on account of it?","answer":"Yes. Hezekiah wept sore,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Hezekiah wept sore,","proofs":["Isaiah 38:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 38:3","osis":["Isa.38.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with earnest prayer for deliverance?","answer":"Yes. Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Why hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction?","proofs":["Psalm 44:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 44:24","osis":["Ps.44.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with the use of all lawful means to obtain it?","answer":"Yes. Then the disciples took Saul by night and let him down by the wall in a basket,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Then the disciples took Saul by night and let him down by the wall in a basket,","proofs":["Acts 9:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 9:25","osis":["Acts.9.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should our understandings approve the severest dispensations of providence?","answer":"Yes. Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken,","proofs":["Isaiah 39:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 39:8","osis":["Isa.39.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And our wills be resigned to them?","answer":"Yes. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sin,","proofs":["Lamentations 3:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Lamentations 3:39","osis":["Lam.3.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our passions be composed under them?","answer":"Yes. Let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, curse David. Who then shall say, wherefore hast thou done so?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, curse David. Who then shall say, wherefore hast thou done so?","proofs":["2 Samuel 16:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 16:10","osis":["2Sam.16.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we pray that we and others might be enabled thus to submit to the will of God?","answer":"Yes. That we may be strengthened with all might, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That we may be strengthened with all might, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness,","proofs":["Colossians 1:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 1:11","osis":["Col.1.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are God’s precepts his will?","answer":"Yes. They are the good and. perfect, and acceptable will of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are the good and. perfect, and acceptable will of God,","proofs":["Romans 12:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:2","osis":["Rom.12.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are we by nature unwilling to do this will of God?","answer":"Yes. We are to every good work reprobate,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We are to every good work reprobate,","proofs":["Titus 1:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 1:16","osis":["Titus.1.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we therefore pray that we might be made willing?","answer":"Yes. Incline my heart to thy testimonies,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Incline my heart to thy testimonies,","proofs":["Psalm 119:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:36","osis":["Ps.119.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But when we are willing are we always able?","answer":"No. What I would, that I do not,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"What I would, that I do not,","proofs":["Romans 7:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:15","osis":["Rom.7.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we therefore pray that God would make us able as well as willing?","answer":"Yes. Strengthen thou me, according to thy word,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Strengthen thou me, according to thy word,","proofs":["Psalm 119:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:28","osis":["Ps.119.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we desire this for others as well as ourselves?","answer":"Yes. That they might be perfect in every good work to do his will,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That they might be perfect in every good work to do his will,","proofs":["Hebrews 13:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 13:21","osis":["Heb.13.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do the angels in heaven obey God’s will?","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":"Do they do it cheerfully?","answer":"Yes. Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Bless the Lord, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure,","proofs":["Psalm 103:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 103:21","osis":["Ps.103.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And zealously?","answer":"Yes. Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flaming fire,","proofs":["Psalm 104:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 104:4","osis":["Ps.104.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And humbly?","answer":"Yes. They cover their faces, and their feet with their wings,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They cover their faces, and their feet with their wings,","proofs":["Isaiah 6:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 6:2","osis":["Isa.6.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And universally?","answer":"Yes. They go straight forward, whithersoever the spirit goes,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They go straight forward, whithersoever the spirit goes,","proofs":["Ezekiel 1:9, 12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 1:9, 12","osis":["Ezek.1.9","Ezek.1.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And constantly?","answer":"Yes. They always behold the face of our Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They always behold the face of our Father,","proofs":["Matthew 18:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 18:10","osis":["Matt.18.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do saints in the other world resemble the angels in their obedience?","answer":"Yes. They are as the angels of God in heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are as the angels of God in heaven,","proofs":["Matthew 22:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 22:30","osis":["Matt.22.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should saints in this world therefore seek after such a resemblance?","answer":"Yes. That he that is feeble, might be as David, and the house of David might be as the angel of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That he that is feeble, might be as David, and the house of David might be as the angel of the Lord,","proofs":["Zechariah 12:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 12:8","osis":["Zech.12.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}