{"number":59,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[59],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Should we make profession of God’s name?","answer":"Yes. O Lord, we are called by thy name,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O Lord, we are called by thy name,","proofs":["Jeremiah 14:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 14:9","osis":["Jer.14.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And be sincere in our profession?","answer":"Yes. They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward,","proofs":["Jeremiah 50:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 50:5","osis":["Jer.50.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And be careful to credit and maintain it?","answer":"Yes. Thou hast kept my word and hast not denied my name,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou hast kept my word and hast not denied my name,","proofs":["Revelation 3:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 3:8","osis":["Rev.3.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we use the name of God in prayer?","answer":"Yes. I will call on the name of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will call on the name of the Lord,","proofs":["Psalm 116:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 116:17","osis":["Ps.116.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And in praise?","answer":"Yes. Let them praise thy great name,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let them praise thy great name,","proofs":["Psalm 99:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 99:3","osis":["Ps.99.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in Christian conversation?","answer":"Yes. I will declare thy name unto my brethren,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will declare thy name unto my brethren,","proofs":["Psalm 22:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 22:22","osis":["Ps.22.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But should we do it with the profoundest humility?","answer":"Yes. Behold I have taken upon me to speak unto God, who am but dust and ashes,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Behold I have taken upon me to speak unto God, who am but dust and ashes,","proofs":["Genesis 18:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 18:27","osis":["Gen.18.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And when great seriousness and deliberation?","answer":"Yes. Be not rash with thy mouth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Be not rash with thy mouth,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 5:2","osis":["Eccl.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we give glory to God in his word?","answer":"Yes. For he hath magnified his word above all his name,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he hath magnified his word above all his name,","proofs":["Psalm 138:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 138:2","osis":["Ps.138.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And in his works?","answer":"Yes. Let them declare his works with rejoicing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let them declare his works with rejoicing,","proofs":["Psalm 107:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 107:22","osis":["Ps.107.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in his worship?","answer":"Yes. For God is greatly to be feared in the assemblies of his saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For God is greatly to be feared in the assemblies of his saints, and to be had in reverence by all them that are about him,","proofs":["Psalm 89:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 89:7","osis":["Ps.89.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it lawful to swear?","answer":"Yes. An oath for confirmation is the end of all strife,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"An oath for confirmation is the end of all strife,","proofs":["Hebrews 6:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 6:19","osis":["Heb.6.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"But should we be cautious in swearing?","answer":"Yes. We should fear an oath,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We should fear an oath,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 9:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 9:2","osis":["Eccl.9.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And conscientious?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt swear in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt swear in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness,","proofs":["Jeremiah 4:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 4:2","osis":["Jer.4.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth an oath bind the soul?","answer":"Yes. If a man swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If a man swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond,","proofs":["Numbers 30:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Numbers 30:2","osis":["Num.30.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we therefore look upon ourselves as bound by it?","answer":"Yes. David spared Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, because of the oath of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"David spared Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son, because of the oath of the Lord,","proofs":["2 Samuel 21:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 21:7","osis":["2Sam.21.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that though it is to our detriment?","answer":"Yes. The good man sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The good man sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not,","proofs":["Psalm 15:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 15:4","osis":["Ps.15.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}