{"number":16,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[16],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Did man fall from that estate in which he was created?","answer":"Yes. They have sought out many inventions,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They have sought out many inventions,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 7:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 7:29","osis":["Eccl.7.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Did he fall from a state of knowledge?","answer":"Yes. His understanding is darkened,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"His understanding is darkened,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:18","osis":["Eph.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did he fall from a state of holiness?","answer":"Yes. He is alienated from the life of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He is alienated from the life of God,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:18","osis":["Eph.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from a state of freedom?","answer":"Yes. He that committeth sin is the servant of sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that committeth sin is the servant of sin,","proofs":["John 8:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 8:34","osis":["John.8.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from a state of rest?","answer":"Yes. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked,","proofs":["Isaiah 57:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 57:21","osis":["Isa.57.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from a state of communion with God?","answer":"Yes. For Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God,","proofs":["Genesis 3:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 3:8","osis":["Gen.3.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from a state of happiness?","answer":"Yes. So he drove out the man,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"So he drove out the man,","proofs":["Genesis 3:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 3:24","osis":["Gen.3.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And do all mankind imitate the sin of their first parents?","answer":"Yes. They, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant,","proofs":["Hosea 6:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 6:7","osis":["Hos.6.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Did God foresee Adam’s sin?","answer":"Yes. I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously,","proofs":["Isaiah 48:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 48:8","osis":["Isa.48.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"But was he the author of it?","answer":"No. For he is a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he is a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 32:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 32:4","osis":["Deut.32.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is man’s ruin then from himself?","answer":"Yes. O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself,","proofs":["Hosea 13:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 13:9","osis":["Hos.13.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should Adam’s fall teach us to be watchful over ourselves?","answer":"Yes. Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 10:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 10:12","osis":["1Cor.10.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And to disclaim all confidence in the creature?","answer":"Yes. For surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie,","proofs":["Psalm 62:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 62:9","osis":["Ps.62.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}