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Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Handle me and see, for a spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have,","proofs":["Luke 24:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 24:39","osis":["Luke.24.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it liable to sinless infirmities?","answer":"Yes. He was hungry and weary,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He was hungry and weary,","proofs":["Matthew 4:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 4:2","osis":["Matt.4.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it capable of suffering?","answer":"Yes. He hath reconciled us in the body of his flesh through death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He hath reconciled us in the body of his flesh through death,","proofs":["Colossians 1:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 1:21","osis":["Col.1.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And was it requisite that he should assume such a body?","answer":"Yes. For in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren,","proofs":["Hebrews 2:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 2:17","osis":["Heb.2.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Had Christ a real human soul?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,","proofs":["Isaiah 53:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 53:10","osis":["Isa.53.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was it a rational soul?","answer":"Yes. For he increased in wisdom,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he increased in wisdom,","proofs":["Luke 2:52"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 2:52","osis":["Luke.2.52"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And endowed with natural passions?","answer":"Yes. My soul is exceeding sorrowful,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My soul is exceeding sorrowful,","proofs":["Matthew 24:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 24:38","osis":["Matt.24.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And capable of a separation from the body?","answer":"Yes. He poured out his soul unto death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He poured out his soul unto death,","proofs":["Isaiah 3:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 3:12","osis":["Isa.3.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was Christ’s human nature greatly abased?","answer":"Yes. I am a worm, and no man,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I am a worm, and no man,","proofs":["Psalm 22:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 22:6","osis":["Ps.22.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And greatly exalted?","answer":"Yes. For in him dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For in him dwelt all the fulness of the Godhead, bodily,","proofs":["Colossians 2:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:9","osis":["Col.2.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Did Christ come into the world in an ordinary way?","answer":"No. For the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth,","proofs":["Jeremiah 31:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 31:22","osis":["Jer.31.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was he conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost?","answer":"Yes. The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee,","proofs":["Luke 1:35"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 1:35","osis":["Luke.1.35"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And born of a virgin?","answer":"Yes. Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a","proofs":["Isaiah 7:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 7:14","osis":["Isa.7.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Had Christ a reputed father?","answer":"Yes. Is not this Joseph’s Son,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Is not this Joseph’s Son,","proofs":["Luke 4:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 4:22","osis":["Luke.4.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But was he no more than a reputed father?","answer":"No. For as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph (before they came together) she was found with child by the Holy Ghost,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph (before they came together) she was found with child by the Holy Ghost,","proofs":["Matthew 1:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 1:18","osis":["Matt.1.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was Christ born at the appointed time?","answer":"Yes. When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When the fulness of time was come, God sent forth his","proofs":["Galatians 4:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:4","osis":["Gal.4.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And at the appointed place?","answer":"Yes. To you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"To you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour,","proofs":["Luke 2:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 2:11","osis":["Luke.2.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of the appointed stock?","answer":"Yes. For he took upon him the seed of Abraham,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he took upon him the seed of Abraham,","proofs":["Hebrews 2:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 2:16","osis":["Heb.2.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did the prophets foretell his birth?","answer":"Yes. As God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As God spake by the mouth of his holy prophets,","proofs":["Luke 1:70"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 1:70","osis":["Luke.1.70"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And did the angels celebrate it?","answer":"Yes. 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The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me,","proofs":["John 14:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 14:30","osis":["John.14.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from actual sin?","answer":"Yes. He did no sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He did no sin,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:22","osis":["1Pet.2.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it necessary that he should be so?","answer":"Yes. Such an High Priest became us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Such an High Priest became us,","proofs":["Hebrews 7:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 7:26","osis":["Heb.7.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Would his sufferings otherwise have been ineffectual?","answer":"Yes. For he must, through the eternal Spirit, offer himself without spot,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he must, through the eternal Spirit, offer himself without spot,","proofs":["Hebrews 9:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 9:14","osis":["Heb.9.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}