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When the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark, before the sabbath I commanded that they should be shut, and that they should not be opened till after the sabbath,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark, before the sabbath I commanded that they should be shut, and that they should not be opened till after the sabbath,","proofs":["Nehemiah 13:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 13:19","osis":["Neh.13.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we keep the sabbath as a day of rest?","answer":"Yes. It is a sabbath of rest,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is a sabbath of rest,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And do no work thereon?","answer":"No. Ye shall do no work therein,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye shall do no work therein,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we avoid those labours which are permitted on other days?","answer":"Yes. Take heed on yourselves and bear no burden on the sabbath day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Take heed on yourselves and bear no burden on the sabbath day,","proofs":["Jeremiah 17:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 17:21","osis":["Jer.17.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And which are required on other days?","answer":"Yes. Six days shall ye gather manna, but on the seventh which is the sabbath, there shall be none,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Six days shall ye gather manna, but on the seventh which is the sabbath, there shall be none,","proofs":["Exodus 16:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 16:26","osis":["Exod.16.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And does this extend to most busy seasons of the year?","answer":"Yes. For in earing time, and in harvest thou shalt rest,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For in earing time, and in harvest thou shalt rest,","proofs":["Exodus 34:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 34:21","osis":["Exod.34.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is buying and selling therefore unlawful on the sabbath-day?","answer":"Yes. I testified against them in the day that they sold victuals,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I testified against them in the day that they sold victuals,","proofs":["Nehemiah 13:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 13:15","osis":["Neh.13.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should public worship be maintained on the sabbath-day?","answer":"Yes. It is an holy convocation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is an holy convocation,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And should we make conscience of attending upon it?","answer":"Yes. Not forsaking the assembling yourselves together,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not forsaking the assembling yourselves together,","proofs":["Hebrews 10:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 10:25","osis":["Heb.10.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And that early?","answer":"Yes. Early will I seek thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Early will I seek thee,","proofs":["Psalm 63"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 63","osis":["Ps.63"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But should we confine our religious services to the house of God?","answer":"No. It is the sabbath of the Lord in all our dwellings,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is the sabbath of the Lord in all our dwellings,","proofs":["Leviticus 23:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 23:3","osis":["Lev.23.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is prayer a part of sabbath service?","answer":"Yes. On the sabbath-day we went to the river’s side, where prayer was wont to be made,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"On the sabbath-day we went to the river’s side, where prayer was wont to be made,","proofs":["Acts 16:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 16:13","osis":["Acts.16.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And singing of psalms?","answer":"Yes. We have a psalm or song for the sabbath-day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We have a psalm or song for the sabbath-day,","proofs":["Psalm 92"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 92","osis":["Ps.92"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And hearing?","answer":"Yes. The next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word,","proofs":["Acts 13:44"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 13:44","osis":["Acts.13.44"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And Christian conversation?","answer":"Yes. They talked together of all those things that had happened,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They talked together of all those things that had happened,","proofs":["Luke 24:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 24:14","osis":["Luke.24.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we keep the sabbath with reverence?","answer":"Yes. Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Keep thy foot when thou goest into the house of God,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 5:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 5:1","osis":["Eccl.5.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with diligence?","answer":"Yes. We must lay hold on the sabbath to keep it from polluting it,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We must lay hold on the sabbath to keep it from polluting it,","proofs":["Isaiah 56:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 56:2","osis":["Isa.56.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And must we honour God in all the duties of it?","answer":"Yes. We must call the sabbath honorable and honor him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We must call the sabbath honorable and honor him,","proofs":["Isaiah 58:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 58:13","osis":["Isa.58.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are men apt to watch how we keep the sabbath?","answer":"Yes. As he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the sabbath day they watched him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees on the sabbath day they watched him,","proofs":["Luke 14:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 14:1","osis":["Luke.14.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And should this make us circumspect?","answer":"Yes. Lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies, (marg. observers,)","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Lead me in a plain path because of mine enemies, (marg. observers,)","proofs":["Psalm 27:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 27:11","osis":["Ps.27.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are works of charity and mercy to be done on the sabbath day?","answer":"Yes. Ought not this woman to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ought not this woman to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?","proofs":["Luke 13:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:16","osis":["Luke.13.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And works of necessity?","answer":"Yes. Jesus went on the sabbath through the corn and his disciples were an hungered and began to pluck the ears of corn to eat,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Jesus went on the sabbath through the corn and his disciples were an hungered and began to pluck the ears of corn to eat,","proofs":["Matthew 12:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 12:1","osis":["Matt.12.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are Christians obliged to the same strictness in keeping the sabbath as the Jews?","answer":"No. Ye have been called unto liberty,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye have been called unto liberty,","proofs":["Galatians 5:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 5:13","osis":["Gal.5.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But should they be careful not to abuse their liberty?","answer":"Yes. Use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Use not your liberty for an occasion to the flesh,","proofs":["Galatians 5:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 5:13","osis":["Gal.5.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is conscience as directed by the word the only judge in this case?","answer":"Yes. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that which he alloweth,","proofs":["Romans 14:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 14:22","osis":["Rom.14.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}