{"number":38,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[38],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Are all that are justified sanctified?","answer":"Yes. For Christ is made both righteousness and Sanctification,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Christ is made both righteousness and Sanctification,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 1:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 1:30","osis":["1Cor.1.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it necessary that they should be so?","answer":"Yes. For nothing that defileth shall enter into the kingdom of heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For nothing that defileth shall enter into the kingdom of heaven,","proofs":["Revelation 21:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 21:27","osis":["Rev.21.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is it the will of God that they shall be so?","answer":"Yes. This is the will of God, even your sanctification,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This is the will of God, even your sanctification,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 4:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 4:3","osis":["1Thess.4.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is Christ’s death the meritorious cause of their sanctification?","answer":"Yes. He gave himself for us, that he might purify us a peculiar people to himself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He gave himself for us, that he might purify us a peculiar people to himself,","proofs":["Titus 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 2:14","osis":["Titus.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is the Spirit the efficient cause of it?","answer":"Yes. ’Tis called sanctification of the Spirit,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"’Tis called sanctification of the Spirit,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:13","osis":["2Thess.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is the word the instrumental cause of it?","answer":"Yes. Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Sanctify them through thy truth, thy word is truth,","proofs":["John 17:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 17:17","osis":["John.17.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is the grace of God the original source from which this blessing flows?","answer":"Yes. Thy time was a time of love, then washed I thee with water, yea and I thoroughly washed away thy blood,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thy time was a time of love, then washed I thee with water, yea and I thoroughly washed away thy blood,","proofs":["Ezekiel 16:8–9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 16:8–9","osis":["Ezek.16.8-Ezek.16.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is sanctification more than an external reformation?","answer":"Yes. Ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within are full of extortion and excess,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within are full of extortion and excess,","proofs":["Matthew 23:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 23:25","osis":["Matt.23.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it more than civility and good nature?","answer":"Yes. For he who had this yet lacked one thing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he who had this yet lacked one thing,","proofs":["Mark 10:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Mark 10:21","osis":["Mark.10.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it more than conviction?","answer":"Yes. For Ahab humbled himself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Ahab humbled himself,","proofs":["1 Kings 21:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 21:29","osis":["1Kgs.21.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it more than an outward profession?","answer":"Yes. For some have the form of godliness who deny the power,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some have the form of godliness who deny the power,","proofs":["2 Timothy 3:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Timothy 3:5","osis":["2Tim.3.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Does sanctification imply an universal change?","answer":"Yes. Old things are past away, and all things are become new,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Old things are past away, and all things are become new,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:17","osis":["2Cor.5.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth it extend to the inward man?","answer":"Yes. We are renewed in the spirit of our mind,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We are renewed in the spirit of our mind,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:23","osis":["Eph.4.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the understanding enlightened?","answer":"Yes. Ye were darkness, but now are ye light,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye were darkness, but now are ye light,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 5:8","osis":["Eph.5.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And the will subdued?","answer":"Yes. Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power,","proofs":["Exodus 3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 3","osis":["Exod.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And the affections spiritualized?","answer":"Yes. They are set on things above,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are set on things above,","proofs":["Colossians 3:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 3:2","osis":["Col.3.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it also extend to the outward man?","answer":"Yes. Having our bodies washed with pure water,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Having our bodies washed with pure water,","proofs":["Hebrews 10:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:22","osis":["Heb.10.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is the saint renewed after the image of God?","answer":"Yes. Put on the new man, which is renewed after the image of him that created him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Put on the new man, which is renewed after the image of him that created him,","proofs":["Colossians 3:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 3:10","osis":["Col.3.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And after the pattern of Christ?","answer":"Yes. My little children of whom I travail in birth till Christ be formed in you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My little children of whom I travail in birth till Christ be formed in you,","proofs":["Galatians 4:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:19","osis":["Gal.4.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he live in the exercise of every grace?","answer":"Yes. The life that I live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The life that I live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God,","proofs":["Galatians 2:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 2:20","osis":["Gal.2.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And would he be found in the practice of every duty?","answer":"Yes. Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Fervent in spirit, serving the Lord,","proofs":["Romans 12:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:11","osis":["Rom.12.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is sin mortified in those that are sanctified?","answer":"Yes. They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh,","proofs":["Galatians 5:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 5:24","osis":["Gal.5.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is this a difficult work?","answer":"Yes. We read of resisting unto blood striving against sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We read of resisting unto blood striving against sin,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:4","osis":["Heb.12.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is it a needful work?","answer":"Yes. If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off, for it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, than to be cast into everlasting fire,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut it off, for it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, than to be cast into everlasting fire,","proofs":["Matthew 18:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 18:8","osis":["Matt.18.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And can it only be performed under a divine influence?","answer":"Yes. If ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live,","proofs":["Romans 8:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:13","osis":["Rom.8.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do those that are dead unto sin live unto righteousness?","answer":"Yes. Being dead to sin we live unto righteousness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Being dead to sin we live unto righteousness,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:24","osis":["1Pet.2.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is the work of sanctification imperfect in the present life?","answer":"Yes. Not as though I had already attained,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not as though I had already attained,","proofs":["Philippians 3:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 3:13","osis":["Phil.3.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is it progressive?","answer":"Yes. The path of the just is like a shining light, shining more and more,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The path of the just is like a shining light, shining more and more,","proofs":["Proverbs 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 4:18","osis":["Prov.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will it be complete above?","answer":"Yes. When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:10","osis":["1Cor.13.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}