{"number":45,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[45],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Were there positive institutions under the old testament?","answer":"Yes. There were meats, and drinks, and diverse washings and carnal ordinances,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"There were meats, and drinks, and diverse washings and carnal ordinances,","proofs":["Hebrews 9:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 9:10","osis":["Heb.9.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Were these suited to the infant state of the church?","answer":"Yes. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world,","proofs":["Galatians 4:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:3","osis":["Gal.4.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But are they now abolished?","answer":"Yes. For they were only imposed till the time of reformation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they were only imposed till the time of reformation,","proofs":["Hebrews 9:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 9:10","osis":["Heb.9.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it our great mercy to be free from them?","answer":"Yes. For they were a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they were a yoke which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear,","proofs":["Acts 15:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 15:10","osis":["Acts.15.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do we owe this liberty to Christ?","answer":"Yes. For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law,","proofs":["Hebrews 8:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 8:12","osis":["Heb.8.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should we stand fast in it?","answer":"Yes. Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage,","proofs":["Galatians 5:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 5:1","osis":["Gal.5.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are there positive institutions under the gospel?","answer":"Yes. For I have received of the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For I have received of the Lord, that which I also delivered unto you,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:23","osis":["1Cor.11.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And should these be observed?","answer":"Yes. And keep the ordinances as I delivered them unto you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And keep the ordinances as I delivered them unto you,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 11:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 11:2","osis":["1Cor.11.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is the moral law the principal rule of obedience?","answer":"Yes. The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 5:2","osis":["Deut.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was this law originally written upon the heart of man?","answer":"Yes. They show the work of the law, written in their hearts,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They show the work of the law, written in their hearts,","proofs":["Romans 2:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:15","osis":["Rom.2.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth natural conscience enforce this law?","answer":"Yes. For the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law,","proofs":["Romans 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:14","osis":["Rom.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did the Gentiles then sin by breaking this law?","answer":"Yes. What they know naturally in these things, they corrupt themselves,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"What they know naturally in these things, they corrupt themselves,","proofs":["Jude 10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jude 10","osis":["Jude.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will they be punished for the breach of it?","answer":"Yes. They that have sinned without law shall perish without law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They that have sinned without law shall perish without law,","proofs":["Romans 2:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 2:12","osis":["Rom.2.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is this law more fully revealed in the word?","answer":"Yes. The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 5:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 5:3","osis":["Deut.5.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we subscribe to the excellency of the law?","answer":"Yes. The law is holy, just, and good,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The law is holy, just, and good,","proofs":["Romans 7:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:12","osis":["Rom.7.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And inquire into its uses?","answer":"Yes. Wherefore then serveth the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Wherefore then serveth the law,","proofs":["Galatians 3:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:19","osis":["Gal.3.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are the saints under the law as a covenant of works?","answer":"No. We are not under the law, but under grace,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We are not under the law, but under grace,","proofs":["Romans 6:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 6:15","osis":["Rom.6.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But are they under it as a rule of life?","answer":"Yes. Being not without law to God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Being not without law to God,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 9:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 9:21","osis":["1Cor.9.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it universally binding?","answer":"Yes. I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right,","proofs":["Psalm 119:128"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:128","osis":["Ps.119.128"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And perpetually so?","answer":"Yes. Do we then make void the law through faith, God forbid,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Do we then make void the law through faith, God forbid,","proofs":["Romans 3:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:31","osis":["Rom.3.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Doth the law curb sin?","answer":"Yes. It was made not for the righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It was made not for the righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient,","proofs":["1 Timothy 1:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 1:9","osis":["1Tim.1.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And instruct in duty?","answer":"Yes. For the end of the commandment is charity,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the end of the commandment is charity,","proofs":["1 Timothy 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 1:5","osis":["1Tim.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it convince of sin?","answer":"Yes. I had not known sin but by the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I had not known sin but by the law,","proofs":["Romans 7:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:7","osis":["Rom.7.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And aggravate sin?","answer":"Yes. The law entered that the offence might abound,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The law entered that the offence might abound,","proofs":["Romans 5:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 5:20","osis":["Rom.5.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And beget fear?","answer":"Yes. It gendereth unto bondage,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It gendereth unto bondage,","proofs":["Galatians 4:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:24","osis":["Gal.4.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And silence carnal objections?","answer":"Yes. That every mouth might be stopped,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That every mouth might be stopped,","proofs":["Romans 3:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:19","osis":["Rom.3.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And destroy a self-righteous principle?","answer":"Yes. I through the law am dead to the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I through the law am dead to the law,","proofs":["Galatians 2:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 2:19","osis":["Gal.2.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And lead the sinner to Christ?","answer":"Yes. The law is our school-master, to bring us to Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The law is our school-master, to bring us to Christ,","proofs":["Galatians 3:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:24","osis":["Gal.3.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the law then of great advantage if rightly used?","answer":"Yes. For we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully,","proofs":["1 Timothy 1:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 1:8","osis":["1Tim.1.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}