{"number":47,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[47],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Were the Ten Commandments written originally in two tables?","answer":"Yes. The Lord said hew thee out two tables of stone, and I will write upon the tables,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The Lord said hew thee out two tables of stone, and I will write upon the tables,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 10:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 10:1","osis":["Deut.10.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is love to God inclusive of all the duties of the first table?","answer":"Yes. It is the first and great commandment,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is the first and great commandment,","proofs":["Matthew 22:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 22:38","osis":["Matt.22.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is love to our neighbour inclusive of all the duties of the second?","answer":"Yes. The second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The second is like unto it, thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,","proofs":["Matthew 22:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 22:39","osis":["Matt.22.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the whole law then fulfilled in love?","answer":"Yes. For love is the fulfilling of the law,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For love is the fulfilling of the law,","proofs":["Romans 13:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:10","osis":["Rom.13.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it our duty to love God?","answer":"Yes. Take good heed to yourselves that ye love the Lord your God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Take good heed to yourselves that ye love the Lord your God,","proofs":["Joshua 23:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Joshua 23:11","osis":["Josh.23.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is there in him every thing that is lovely?","answer":"Yes. How great is his beauty,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"How great is his beauty,","proofs":["Zechariah 9:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Zechariah 9:17","osis":["Zech.9.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will he return our love?","answer":"Yes. I love them that love me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I love them that love me,","proofs":["Proverbs 8:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 8:17","osis":["Prov.8.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And reward it?","answer":"Yes. For eye hath not seen what God hath prepared for them that love him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For eye hath not seen what God hath prepared for them that love him,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 2:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 2:9","osis":["1Cor.2.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we discover our love to God in frequent thoughts of him?","answer":"Yes. My meditation of him shall be sweet,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My meditation of him shall be sweet,","proofs":["Psalm 104:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 104:34","osis":["Ps.104.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And in earnest desires after him?","answer":"Yes. My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,","proofs":["Psalm 63:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 63:2","osis":["Ps.63.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in sorrow for his absence?","answer":"Yes. Why hidest thou thyself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Why hidest thou thyself,","proofs":["Psalm 10:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 10:1","osis":["Ps.10.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in an unfeigned submission to his providential will?","answer":"Yes. I was dumb, I opened not my mouth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I was dumb, I opened not my mouth,","proofs":["Psalm 39:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 39:9","osis":["Ps.39.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in a conscientious obedience to all his commands?","answer":"Yes. This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This is the love of God, that we keep his commandments,","proofs":["1 John 5:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 5:3","osis":["1John.5.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in a due resentment against whatsoever offends him?","answer":"Yes. Do not I hate them that hate thee, and am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Do not I hate them that hate thee, and am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee?","proofs":["Psalm 139:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 139:21","osis":["Ps.139.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should our love to God be rational and judicious?","answer":"Yes. That your love might abound yet more and more, in knowledge and in all judgment,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That your love might abound yet more and more, in knowledge and in all judgment,","proofs":["Philippians 1:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 1:9","osis":["Phil.1.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And upright and sincere?","answer":"Yes. Grace be with them that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Grace be with them that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:24","osis":["Eph.6.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And strong and vehement?","answer":"Yes. I am sick of love,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I am sick of love,","proofs":["Song of Solomon 2:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Song of Solomon 2:5","osis":["Song.2.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And supreme and superlative?","answer":"Yes. He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me,","proofs":["Matthew 10:37"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 10:37","osis":["Matt.10.37"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And constant and abiding?","answer":"Yes. Keep yourselves in the love of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Keep yourselves in the love of God,","proofs":["Jude 21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jude 21","osis":["Jude.1.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must our love be confined to God?","answer":"No. He that loveth God must love his brother also,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that loveth God must love his brother also,","proofs":["1 John 4:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 4:21","osis":["1John.4.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we seek the good of others?","answer":"Yes. Charity seeketh not her own,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Charity seeketh not her own,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:5","osis":["1Cor.13.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And lend a compassionate ear to their complaints?","answer":"Yes. To the afflicted pity should be shown,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"To the afflicted pity should be shown,","proofs":["Job 6:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 6:14","osis":["Job.6.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And supply their necessities?","answer":"Yes. We should not withhold the poor from his desire, nor cause the eye of the widow to fail,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We should not withhold the poor from his desire, nor cause the eye of the widow to fail,","proofs":["Job 31:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 31:16","osis":["Job.31.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And reprove their sins?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour,","proofs":["Leviticus 19:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 19:17","osis":["Lev.19.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And pray for them?","answer":"Yes. Pray one for another,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Pray one for another,","proofs":["James 5:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 5:16","osis":["Jas.5.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And even venture our lives for them if it be necessary?","answer":"Yes. We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We ought to lay down our lives for the brethren,","proofs":["1 John 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:16","osis":["1John.3.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we love others as Christ hath loved us?","answer":"Yes. And walk in love as Christ also loved us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And walk in love as Christ also loved us,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 5:2","osis":["Eph.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And as we love ourselves?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself,","proofs":["Matthew 19:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 19:19","osis":["Matt.19.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we love them as sincerely?","answer":"Yes. Let us not love in word, but in deed and in truth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let us not love in word, but in deed and in truth,","proofs":["1 John 3:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:18","osis":["1John.3.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And as fervently?","answer":"Yes. Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Above all things have fervent charity among yourselves,","proofs":["1 Peter 4:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 4:8","osis":["1Pet.4.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And as constantly?","answer":"Yes. Let brotherly love continue,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let brotherly love continue,","proofs":["Hebrews 13:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 13:1","osis":["Heb.13.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it hence follow that we . should do to others as we would be done by?","answer":"Yes. Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even unto them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even unto them,","proofs":["Matthew 7:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 7:12","osis":["Matt.7.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is love, Christ’s new commandment?","answer":"Yes. A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another,","proofs":["John 13:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 13:34","osis":["John.13.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it a test of our discipleship?","answer":"Yes. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye love one another,","proofs":["John 13:35"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 13:35","osis":["John.13.35"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it placed at the top of the Christian graces?","answer":"Yes. The greatest of these is charity,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The greatest of these is charity,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:13","osis":["1Cor.13.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is it a grace that will continue and accompany us to heaven?","answer":"Yes. Now abideth charity,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Now abideth charity,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:13","osis":["1Cor.13.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}