{"number":95,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[95],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"That the word of God may profit, should we attend thereto with diligence?","answer":"Yes. All the people were attentive to hear him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"All the people were attentive to hear him,","proofs":["Luke 19:48"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 19:48","osis":["Luke.19.48"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And be inquisitive into the meaning of it?","answer":"Yes. Of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?","proofs":["Acts 8:34"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 8:34","osis":["Acts.8.34"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And compare one scripture with another?","answer":"Yes. Comparing spiritual things with spiritual,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Comparing spiritual things with spiritual,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 2:13","osis":["1Cor.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is preparation also necessary in order to our profiting by the word?","answer":"Yes. Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ezra prepared his heart to seek the law of the Lord,","proofs":["Ezra 7:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezra 7:10","osis":["Ezra.7.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we for this purpose lay aside worldly cares?","answer":"Yes. For the thorns choke the seed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the thorns choke the seed,","proofs":["Matthew 13:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 13:7","osis":["Matt.13.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And carnal passions?","answer":"Yes. All malice, and guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil speakings,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"All malice, and guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and evil speakings,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:1","osis":["1Pet.2.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And all pre-imbibed prejudices?","answer":"Yes. Not like those who cried what will the babbler say?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not like those who cried what will the babbler say?","proofs":["Acts 17:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 17:18","osis":["Acts.17.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we pray for our ministers?","answer":"Yes. And for me that utterance may be given unto me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And for me that utterance may be given unto me,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:19","osis":["Eph.6.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And for ourselves?","answer":"Yes. Teach me thy judgments,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Teach me thy judgments,","proofs":["Psalm 119:108"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:108","osis":["Ps.119.108"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we also come with desire?","answer":"Yes. As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As new born babes desire the sincere milk of the word,","proofs":["1 Peter 2:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 2:2","osis":["1Pet.2.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with expectation?","answer":"Yes. My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"My soul, wait thou only on God, for my expectation is from him,","proofs":["Psalm 62:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 62:5","osis":["Ps.62.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will such a preparation of the heart be greatly to our advantage?","answer":"Yes. Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear,","proofs":["Psalm 10:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 10:17","osis":["Ps.10.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But will a want of preparation excuse a neglect of duty?","answer":"No. For a multitude of the people had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat of the passover,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For a multitude of the people had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat of the passover,","proofs":["2 Chronicles 30:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Chronicles 30:18","osis":["2Chr.30.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should the word be received in faith?","answer":"Yes. Thus we read of the hearing of faith,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus we read of the hearing of faith,","proofs":["Galatians 3:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 3:2","osis":["Gal.3.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And in love?","answer":"Yes. Consider how I love thy precepts,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Consider how I love thy precepts,","proofs":["Psalm 119:159"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:159","osis":["Ps.119.159"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will a want of this be a hindrance to our profiting?","answer":"Yes. They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved?","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:10","osis":["2Thess.2.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we hear the word with reverence?","answer":"Yes. When Ezra opened the book all the people stood up,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When Ezra opened the book all the people stood up,","proofs":["Nehemiah 8:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 8:5","osis":["Neh.8.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with judgment?","answer":"Yes. For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the ear trieth words as the mouth tasteth meat,","proofs":["Job 34:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 34:3","osis":["Job.34.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And with care?","answer":"Yes. Take heed how ye hear,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Take heed how ye hear,","proofs":["Luke 8:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 8:18","osis":["Luke.8.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we keep from roving thoughts in hearing?","answer":"Yes. Their heart goeth after their covetousness,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Their heart goeth after their covetousness,","proofs":["Ezekiel 33:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 33:31","osis":["Ezek.33.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from a wandering eye?","answer":"Yes. The eyes of all were fastened on him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The eyes of all were fastened on him,","proofs":["Luke 4:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 4:20","osis":["Luke.4.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And from sleep and drowsiness?","answer":"Yes. Could not ye watch with me one hour?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Could not ye watch with me one hour?","proofs":["Matthew 26:40"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 26:40","osis":["Matt.26.40"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we treasure up what we hear?","answer":"Yes. Remember how ye have heard and received, and hold fast,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Remember how ye have heard and received, and hold fast,","proofs":["Revelation 3:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 3:3","osis":["Rev.3.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we therefore meditate upon it?","answer":"Yes. And she pondered all these things in her heart,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And she pondered all these things in her heart,","proofs":["Luke 2:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 2:19","osis":["Luke.2.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And talk of it?","answer":"Yes. And shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest in the way,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest in the way,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 6:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 6:7","osis":["Deut.6.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is this necessary in order to our profiting by it?","answer":"Yes. By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 15:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 15:2","osis":["1Cor.15.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it also requisite that we practice what we hear?","answer":"Yes. As thou hast said, so must we do,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As thou hast said, so must we do,","proofs":["Ezra 10:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezra 10:12","osis":["Ezra.10.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And is this the way to obtain the blessing?","answer":"Yes. This man shall be blessed in his deed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"This man shall be blessed in his deed,","proofs":["James 1:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 1:25","osis":["Jas.1.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to avoid the curse?","answer":"Yes. For some will say, thou hast taught in our streets; but he will reply, I know not whence you are,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some will say, thou hast taught in our streets; but he will reply, I know not whence you are,","proofs":["Luke 13:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:26","osis":["Luke.13.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}