{"number":22,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[22],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is fallen man rendered unworthy of communion with God?","answer":"Yes. For what communion hath light with darkness?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For what communion hath light with darkness?","proofs":["2 Corinthians 6:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 6:14","osis":["2Cor.6.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And unfit for it?","answer":"Yes. For can two walk together unless they are agreed?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For can two walk together unless they are agreed?","proofs":["Amos 3:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Amos 3:3","osis":["Amos.3.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is he excluded from it?","answer":"Yes. Your iniquities have separated between you and your God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Your iniquities have separated between you and your God,","proofs":["Isaiah 59:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 59:2","osis":["Isa.59.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But may not this breach be repaired?","answer":"Yes. Ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:13","osis":["Eph.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is fallen man under God’s wrath?","answer":"Yes. And were by nature the children of wrath even as others,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And were by nature the children of wrath even as others,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:3","osis":["Eph.2.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Will this wrath certainly find out those who are the subjects of it?","answer":"Yes. There is no escaping,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"There is no escaping,","proofs":["Ezra 9:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezra 9:14","osis":["Ezra.9.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it therefore a dreadful thing to be exposed to it?","answer":"Yes. Who can stand before his indignation?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Who can stand before his indignation?","proofs":["Nahum 1:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nahum 1:6","osis":["Nah.1.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are the saints sensible that it is so?","answer":"Yes. Rebuke me not in thy wrath,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Rebuke me not in thy wrath,","proofs":["Psalm 38:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 38:1","osis":["Ps.38.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is fallen man under God’s curse?","answer":"Yes. As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 3:11","osis":["Eph.3.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is there a curse upon the bodies of the wicked?","answer":"Yes. It shall come into their bowels like water, and like oil into their bones,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It shall come into their bowels like water, and like oil into their bones,","proofs":["Psalm 109:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 109:18","osis":["Ps.109.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And upon their labours?","answer":"Yes. Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came too little,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came too little,","proofs":["Haggai 1:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Haggai 1:9","osis":["Hag.1.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And upon their families?","answer":"Yes. The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked,","proofs":["Proverbs 3:33"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 3:33","osis":["Prov.3.33"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And upon their enjoyments?","answer":"Yes. I will curse your blessings, yea I have cursed them already,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will curse your blessings, yea I have cursed them already,","proofs":["Malachi 2:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Malachi 2:2","osis":["Mal.2.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Does this curse extend to sinners of every degree?","answer":"Yes. It goes forth over the face of the whole earth, and cutteth off on every side,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It goes forth over the face of the whole earth, and cutteth off on every side,","proofs":["Zechariah 5:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 5:3","osis":["Zech.5.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are fallen men subject to many internal and spiritual evils?","answer":"Yes. This is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart,","proofs":["Jeremiah 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 4:18","osis":["Jer.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are they subject to the tyranny of Satan?","answer":"Yes. He worketh in the children of disobedience,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He worketh in the children of disobedience,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:2","osis":["Eph.2.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to judicial blindness?","answer":"Yes. God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see,","proofs":["Romans 11:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:8","osis":["Rom.11.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to hardness of heart?","answer":"Yes. Having their conscience seared,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Having their conscience seared,","proofs":["1 Timothy 4:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 4:2","osis":["1Tim.4.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to vile affections?","answer":"Yes. For this cause God gave them up to vile affections,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For this cause God gave them up to vile affections,","proofs":["Romans 1:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:26","osis":["Rom.1.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to strong delusions?","answer":"Yes. God shall send them strong delusion to believe a lie,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"God shall send them strong delusion to believe a lie,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:11","osis":["2Thess.2.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to great distress and perplexity of mind?","answer":"Yes. Terrors take hold of him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Terrors take hold of him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night,","proofs":["Job 27:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 27:20","osis":["Job.27.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is fallen man subject to many external evils?","answer":"Yes. Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,","proofs":["Psalm 32:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 32:10","osis":["Ps.32.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is he exposed to bodily diseases?","answer":"Yes. The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 28:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 28:22","osis":["Deut.28.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to toil and labour?","answer":"Yes. In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread,","proofs":["Genesis 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 3:9","osis":["Gen.3.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to crosses and disappointments?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt build, but I will throw down,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt build, but I will throw down,","proofs":["Malachi 1:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Malachi 1:4","osis":["Mal.1.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to contempt and reproach?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt become a proverb and a bye-word,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt become a proverb and a bye-word,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 28:37"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 28:37","osis":["Deut.28.37"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is all this a sad inheritance from our first parents?","answer":"Yes. For man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upwards,","proofs":["Job 5:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 5:7","osis":["Job.5.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are all mankind by the fall become liable to death?","answer":"Yes. The wages of sin is death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The wages of sin is death,","proofs":["Romans 6:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 6:23","osis":["Rom.6.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth sin make death terrible?","answer":"Yes. The sting of death is sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The sting of death is sin,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 15:56"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 15:56","osis":["1Cor.15.56"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that even to the saints?","answer":"Yes. 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Let them go down quick into hell,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let them go down quick into hell,","proofs":["Psalm 55:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 55:15","osis":["Ps.55.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are those pains everlasting?","answer":"Yes. Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 1:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 1:9","osis":["2Thess.1.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is this the due desert of sin?","answer":"Yes. 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