{"number":3,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[3],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is there a light in man?","answer":"Yes. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,","proofs":["Proverbs 20:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 20:27","osis":["Prov.20.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is this light obscured by the fall?","answer":"Yes. Having the understanding darkened,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Having the understanding darkened,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:18","osis":["Eph.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it sufficient then to teach us anything?","answer":"Yes. Doth not even nature itself teach you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Doth not even nature itself teach you,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:14","osis":["1Cor.11.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it instruct us in the being of a God?","answer":"Yes. Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it to them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it to them,","proofs":["Romans 1:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:19","osis":["Rom.1.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is that knowledge which it affords attended with many doubts and uncertainties?","answer":"Yes. Thus the Athenians are said to seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus the Athenians are said to seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him,","proofs":["Acts 17:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:27","osis":["Acts.17.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are there many things concerning God, which it neither doth nor can discover?","answer":"Yes. For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, because they are spiritually discerned,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, because they are spiritually discerned,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 2:14","osis":["1Cor.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"May God be known by his works of creation?","answer":"Yes. For the invisible things of him from the creation are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the invisible things of him from the creation are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made,","proofs":["Romans 1:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 1:20","osis":["Rom.1.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Do the heavenly bodies prove the being of a God?","answer":"Yes. The heavens declare the glory of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The heavens declare the glory of God,","proofs":["Psalm 19:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 19:1","osis":["Ps.19.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And our own bodies?","answer":"Yes. I am fearfully and wonderfully made,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I am fearfully and wonderfully made,","proofs":["Psalm 139:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 139:14","osis":["Ps.139.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And may we learn this from every creature?","answer":"Yes. Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee,","proofs":["Job 12:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 12:7","osis":["Job.12.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God known by his works of providence?","answer":"Yes. Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Who knoweth not in all these, that the hand of the Lord hath wrought this,","proofs":["Job 12:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 12:9","osis":["Job.12.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is he known by his works of terror?","answer":"Yes. The Lord is known by the judgment he executeth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord is known by the judgment he executeth,","proofs":["Psalm 9:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 9:16","osis":["Ps.9.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by his works of mercy?","answer":"Yes. He hath not left himself without witness in that he did good,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He hath not left himself without witness in that he did good,","proofs":["Acts 14:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 14:17","osis":["Acts.14.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is God known by the accomplishment of prophecies?","answer":"Yes. I am God, and there is none else, declaring the end from the beginning,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I am God, and there is none else, declaring the end from the beginning,","proofs":["Isaiah 46:9–10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 46:9–10","osis":["Isa.46.9-Isa.46.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do miracles declare the existence of God?","answer":"Yes. This is the finger of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This is the finger of God,","proofs":["Exodus 8:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 8:19","osis":["Exod.8.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But have men by these means attained to a sufficient knowledge of God?","answer":"No. For the world by wisdom knew not God,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the world by wisdom knew not God,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 1:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 1:21","osis":["1Cor.1.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God known by his word?","answer":"Yes. For it is profitable for doctrine,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it is profitable for doctrine,","proofs":["2 Timothy 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Timothy 3:16","osis":["2Tim.3.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Were men in the dark without the word?","answer":"Yes. For it is a light that shineth in a dark place,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it is a light that shineth in a dark place,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 1:19","osis":["2Pet.1.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we then have recourse to the word for the knowledge of God?","answer":"Yes. To the law and to the testimony,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"To the law and to the testimony,","proofs":["Isaiah 8:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 8:20","osis":["Isa.8.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are those to blame who indulge unscriptural notions concerning him?","answer":"Yes. Intruding into the things they have not seen,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Intruding into the things they have not seen,","proofs":["Colossians 2:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:18","osis":["Col.2.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is the word sufficient to afford us the saving knowledge of God?","answer":"No. For some hear and understand not,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some hear and understand not,","proofs":["Isaiah 6:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 6:9","osis":["Isa.6.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is this then only to be attained by the Spirit?","answer":"Yes. For the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the letter killeth, but the Spirit giveth life,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 3:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 3:6","osis":["2Cor.3.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is the spirit promised for this purpose to all that sincerely ask it?","answer":"Yes. Your heavenly Father shall give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Your heavenly Father shall give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him,","proofs":["Luke 11:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 11:13","osis":["Luke.11.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}