{"number":40,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[40],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Do believers die as well as others?","answer":"Yes. Your fathers where are they, and the prophets do they live for ever?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Your fathers where are they, and the prophets do they live for ever?","proofs":["Zechariah 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 1:5","osis":["Zech.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must they die as well as others?","answer":"Yes. Knowing that shortly I must put off this tabernacle,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Knowing that shortly I must put off this tabernacle,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 1:14","osis":["2Pet.1.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Would they not live if they could?","answer":"No. I would not live always,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I would not live always,","proofs":["Job 7:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 7:16","osis":["Job.7.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is there a manifest difference between their death and that of others?","answer":"Yes. For precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints,","proofs":["Psalm 116:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 116:15","osis":["Ps.116.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is death an advantage to the saints?","answer":"Yes. To die is gain,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"To die is gain,","proofs":["Philippians 1:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 1:21","osis":["Phil.1.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth the soul die with the body?","answer":"No. For men may kill the body, but they are not able to kill the soul,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For men may kill the body, but they are not able to kill the soul,","proofs":["Matthew 10:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 10:28","osis":["Matt.10.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it sleep with the body?","answer":"No. For it returns to God who gave it,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it returns to God who gave it,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 12:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 12:7","osis":["Eccl.12.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Does it immediately enter upon a separate state?","answer":"Yes. For when we are absent from the body, we are present with the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For when we are absent from the body, we are present with the Lord,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:8","osis":["2Cor.5.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth death release the saints from all their sorrows?","answer":"Yes. They shall no more say, I am sick,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They shall no more say, I am sick,","proofs":["Isaiah 33:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 33:24","osis":["Isa.33.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And free them from all their remaining corruptions?","answer":"Yes. For they are without fault before the throne of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they are without fault before the throne of God,","proofs":["Revelation 14:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 14:5","osis":["Rev.14.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And set them at an eternal distance from all their spiritual enemies?","answer":"Yes. For the accuser of the brethren is cast down,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the accuser of the brethren is cast down,","proofs":["Revelation 12:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 12:10","osis":["Rev.12.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And put an end to all their trials and labours?","answer":"Yes. They rest from their labours,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They rest from their labours,","proofs":["Revelation 14:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 14:13","osis":["Rev.14.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And introduce them into a state of absolute perfection?","answer":"Yes. For the spirits of just men are made perfect,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the spirits of just men are made perfect,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:23","osis":["Heb.12.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do believers at death enter upon a state of perfect knowledge?","answer":"Yes. For here we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For here we see through a glass darkly, but then face to face,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:12","osis":["1Cor.13.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And of perfect holiness?","answer":"Yes. For they have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb,","proofs":["Revelation 7:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 7:14","osis":["Rev.7.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of complete glory?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt guide me by thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt guide me by thy counsel and afterward receive me to glory,","proofs":["Psalm 73:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 73:24","osis":["Ps.73.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they received into a glorious place?","answer":"Yes. For it is enlightened with the glory of God, and the Lamb is the light thereof,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it is enlightened with the glory of God, and the Lamb is the light thereof,","proofs":["Revelation 21:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 21:23","osis":["Rev.21.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they joined with glorious company?","answer":"Yes. They are come to an innumerable company of angels, to God the Judge of all, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They are come to an innumerable company of angels, to God the Judge of all, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:22–23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:22–23","osis":["Heb.12.22-Heb.12.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do they wear a glorious image?","answer":"Yes. I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I shall be satisfied when I awake in thy likeness,","proofs":["Psalm 17:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 17:15","osis":["Ps.17.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they employed in glorious works?","answer":"Yes. They serve God day and night, in his temple,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They serve God day and night, in his temple,","proofs":["Revelation 7:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 7:15","osis":["Rev.7.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And do they receive a glorious reward?","answer":"Yes. Ye shall receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not away,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye shall receive a crown of glory, that fadeth not away,","proofs":["1 Peter 5:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 5:4","osis":["1Pet.5.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are the bodies of believers committed to the grave?","answer":"Yes. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 12:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 12:7","osis":["Eccl.12.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is the grave the common receptacle of mankind?","answer":"Yes. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 12:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 12:7","osis":["Eccl.12.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Hath a decent interment been sometimes denied to wicked men?","answer":"Yes. He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He shall be buried with the burial of an ass,","proofs":["Jeremiah 22:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 22:10","osis":["Jer.22.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is it promised to the saint?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt go to thy Father in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt go to thy Father in peace, thou shalt be buried in a good old age,","proofs":["Genesis 15:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 15:15","osis":["Gen.15.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the grave a resting place to such?","answer":"Yes. They shall rest in their beds,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They shall rest in their beds,","proofs":["Isaiah 57:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 57:2","osis":["Isa.57.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And do they sometimes long for that resting place?","answer":"Yes. O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave,","proofs":["Job 14:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 14:13","osis":["Job.14.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And provide for it?","answer":"Yes. Give me a possession of a burying place,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Give me a possession of a burying place,","proofs":["Genesis 23:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 23:4","osis":["Gen.23.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth death separate the saints from the love of God?","answer":"No. Neither death nor life can separate us from the love of God,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Neither death nor life can separate us from the love of God,","proofs":["Romans 8:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 8:38","osis":["Rom.8.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or dissolve their union with Christ?","answer":"No. For they sleep in Jesus,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they sleep in Jesus,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 4:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 4:14","osis":["1Thess.4.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"May they therefore meet it without fear?","answer":"Yes. O death, where is thy sting, 0 grave where is thy victory,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O death, where is thy sting, 0 grave where is thy victory,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 15:55"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 15:55","osis":["1Cor.15.55"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}