{"number":87,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[87],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Was Adam before the fall perfect?","answer":"Yes. For in the image of God created he him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For in the image of God created he him,","proofs":["Genesis 1:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 1:27","osis":["Gen.1.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was Christ, who was not a mere man, perfect?","answer":"Yes. He knew no sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He knew no sin,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:21","osis":["2Cor.5.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are the saints in heaven perfect?","answer":"Yes. In their mouth is found no guile,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In their mouth is found no guile,","proofs":["Revelation 14:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 14:5","osis":["Rev.14.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is any mere man since the fall in this life perfect?","answer":"No. For there is not a just man on earth,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For there is not a just man on earth,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 7:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 7:20","osis":["Eccl.7.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And have the best of men acknowledged this?","answer":"Yes. We are all as an unclean thing—and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We are all as an unclean thing—and our iniquities like the wind have taken us away,","proofs":["Isaiah 64:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 64:6","osis":["Isa.64.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Did the Father of the faithful sin through unbelief?","answer":"Yes. For he denied his wife, lest the Egyptians should have slain him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he denied his wife, lest the Egyptians should have slain him,","proofs":["Genesis 12:12, 19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 12:12, 19","osis":["Gen.12.12","Gen.12.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was Jacob, a plain man, guilty of deceit?","answer":"Yes. For Isaac said, art thou my very son Esau? and he said I am,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For Isaac said, art thou my very son Esau? and he said I am,","proofs":["Genesis 27:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 27:24","osis":["Gen.27.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did the meekest man offend by passion?","answer":"Yes. For they provoked his spirit so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For they provoked his spirit so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips,","proofs":["Psalm 106:33"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 106:33","osis":["Ps.106.33"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And the most patient man by impatience?","answer":"Yes. For he cursed his day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he cursed his day,","proofs":["Job 3:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 3:1","osis":["Job.3.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And was the wisest man guilty of the greatest folly?","answer":"Yes. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods,","proofs":["1 Kings 11:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 11:4","osis":["1Kgs.11.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did the most resolute of Christ’s disciples sin through weakness and fear?","answer":"Yes. For he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man,","proofs":["Mark 14:71"],"refs":[{"printed":"Mark 14:71","osis":["Mark.14.71"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And did the apostle Paul, who so earnestly breathed after perfection, yet fall short of it?","answer":"Yes. I am carnal, sold under sin,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I am carnal, sold under sin,","proofs":["Romans 7:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 7:14","osis":["Rom.7.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do the best of saints sin in thought?","answer":"Yes. Why think ye evil in your hearts?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Why think ye evil in your hearts?","proofs":["Matthew 9:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 9:4","osis":["Matt.9.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And in word?","answer":"Yes. Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right,","proofs":["Job 42:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 42:7","osis":["Job.42.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And in deed?","answer":"Yes. By this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"By this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme,","proofs":["2 Samuel 12:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 12:14","osis":["2Sam.12.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they guilty of many sins which they know?","answer":"Yes. My sin is ever before me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My sin is ever before me,","proofs":["Psalm 51:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 51:3","osis":["Ps.51.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of many more which they do not know?","answer":"Yes. For who can understand his errors?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For who can understand his errors?","proofs":["Psalm 19:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 19:12","osis":["Ps.19.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are the saints sanctified in every part?","answer":"Yes. In soul, body and spirit,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"In soul, body and spirit,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 5:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 5:23","osis":["1Thess.5.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And yet are they sanctified but in part?","answer":"Yes. For God will perfect that which is lacking,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For God will perfect that which is lacking,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 3:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 3:10","osis":["1Thess.3.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they sincerely obedient?","answer":"Yes. Remember I have walked before thee in truth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Remember I have walked before thee in truth,","proofs":["Isaiah 38:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 38:3","osis":["Isa.38.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But are they perfectly obedient?","answer":"No. For we cannot do the things that we would,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For we cannot do the things that we would,","proofs":["Galatians 5:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 5:17","osis":["Gal.5.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Have they a relative perfection in Christ?","answer":"Yes. We are complete in him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We are complete in him,","proofs":["Colossians 2:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 2:10","osis":["Col.2.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But have they a personal perfection in themselves?","answer":"No. Look not upon me because I am black,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Look not upon me because I am black,","proofs":["Song of Solomon 1:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Song of Solomon 1:6","osis":["Song.1.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is justification then by our own works impossible?","answer":"Yes. For if thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, who shall stand?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For if thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquity, who shall stand?","proofs":["Psalm 103:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 103:4","osis":["Ps.103.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}