{"number":20,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[20],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is all mankind in a state of sin?","answer":"Yes. For both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For both Jews and Gentiles are all under sin,","proofs":["Romans 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:9","osis":["Rom.3.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Were they brought into this state by the fall?","answer":"Yes. In whom all have sinned,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In whom all have sinned,","proofs":["Romans 5:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 5:12","osis":["Rom.5.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Hath sin corrupted the whole man?","answer":"Yes. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint,","proofs":["Isaiah 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 1:5","osis":["Isa.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth an inclination to sin appear very early?","answer":"Yes. The wicked are estranged from the womb, they go astray as soon as they are born,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The wicked are estranged from the womb, they go astray as soon as they are born,","proofs":["Psalm 58:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 58:3","osis":["Ps.58.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And doth it continue even after grace is implanted?","answer":"Yes. For if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For if we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves,","proofs":["1 John 1:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 1:8","osis":["1John.1.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is mankind in a state of misery?","answer":"Yes. Woe unto us that we have sinned,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Woe unto us that we have sinned,","proofs":["Lamentations 5:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Lamentations 5:6","osis":["Lam.5.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is the whole creation the worse for sin?","answer":"Yes. The creature is now made subject to vanity,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The creature is now made subject to vanity,","proofs":["Romans 8:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:20","osis":["Rom.8.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But do sinners above all others feel the sad effects of it?","answer":"Yes. Evil pursueth sinners,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Evil pursueth sinners,","proofs":["Proverbs 13:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 13:21","osis":["Prov.13.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it great misery that is consequent upon the fall?","answer":"Yes. The misery of man is great upon him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The misery of man is great upon him,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 8:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 8:6","osis":["Eccl.8.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it intolerable?","answer":"Yes. My punishment is greater than I can bear,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My punishment is greater than I can bear,","proofs":["Genesis 4:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 4:3","osis":["Gen.4.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is it abiding?","answer":"Yes. The wrath of God abideth on him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The wrath of God abideth on him,","proofs":["John 3:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:36","osis":["John.3.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are all men sensible of this?","answer":"No. For they say they shall have peace, though they walk in the imagination of their heart,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they say they shall have peace, though they walk in the imagination of their heart,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 29:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 29:19","osis":["Deut.29.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"But should they be sensible of it?","answer":"Yes. Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces,","proofs":["Psalm 50:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 50:22","osis":["Ps.50.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And shall they be sensible of it?","answer":"Yes. They shall see and be ashamed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They shall see and be ashamed,","proofs":["Isaiah 26:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 26:11","osis":["Isa.26.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are the saints sensible of it?","answer":"Yes. O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O wretched man that I am, who shall deliver me from the body of this death,","proofs":["Romans 7:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:24","osis":["Rom.7.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}