{"number":1,"title":"What is the chief end of Man?","part":null,"questions":[1],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What is the chief end of Man?","answer":"Mans chief end is to glorifie God, and to enjoy him for ever.","segments":[{"text":"Mans chief end is to glorifie God, and to enjoy him for ever.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"What do you mean by Mans chief end?","answer":"That which God did chiefly intend or aim at in making Man, and which Man is chiefly to intend.","segments":[{"text":"That which God did chiefly intend or aim at in making Man, and which Man is chiefly to intend.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is Mans chief end to seek himself?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["Hosea 10:1","Isaiah 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 10:1","osis":["Hos.10.1"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 5:2","osis":["Isa.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it to enjoy the pleasures, profits, and preferments of this World?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["Psalm 4:6–7","1 John 2:15–16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 4:6–7","osis":["Ps.4.6-Ps.4.7"]},{"printed":"1 John 2:15–16","osis":["1John.2.15-1John.2.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it to glorifie God, and to enjoy him for ever?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is Mans chief Duty?","answer":"To glorifie God.","segments":[{"text":"To glorifie God.","proofs":["Proverbs 16:4","Romans 11:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 16:4","osis":["Prov.16.4"]},{"printed":"Romans 11:36","osis":["Rom.11.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is it to glorifie God?","answer":"To order all our actions to that end, that God might have the Glory.","segments":[{"text":"To order all our actions to that end, that God might have the Glory.","proofs":["1 Corinthians 10:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 10:31","osis":["1Cor.10.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What is Mans chief happiness?","answer":"To enjoy God for ever.","segments":[{"text":"To enjoy God for ever.","proofs":["Psalm 73:24–26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 73:24–26","osis":["Ps.73.24-Ps.73.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"How doth Man enjoy God?","answer":"Two waies 1. Here in this life, by an holy Communion with him in the Duties of his Worship, and in an upright Conversation 2. Hereafter in the life to come, in a glorious and immediate Communion with him in his Kingdom.","segments":[{"text":"Two waies 1. Here in this life, by an holy Communion with him in the Duties of his Worship,","proofs":["1 John 1:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 1:3","osis":["1John.1.3"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and in an upright Conversation","proofs":["Psalm 50:23","25:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 50:23","osis":["Ps.50.23"]},{"printed":"25:14","osis":["Ps.25.14"]}],"note":null},{"text":"2. Hereafter in the life to come, in a glorious and immediate Communion with him in his Kingdom.","proofs":["1 Corinthians 13:12","Luke 13:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 13:12","osis":["1Cor.13.12"]},{"printed":"Luke 13:28","osis":["Luke.13.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"May a man have another subordinate, or less principal end, besides the glorifying of God, and enjoying him for ever?","answer":"Yes.","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 4:11–12","1 Timothy 5:8","Proverbs 30:8","Psalm 144:15","Proverbs 3:8","Deuteronomy 12:19","14:27, 29","Malachi 3:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 4:11–12","osis":["1Thess.4.11-1Thess.4.12"]},{"printed":"1 Timothy 5:8","osis":["1Tim.5.8"]},{"printed":"Proverbs 30:8","osis":["Prov.30.8"]},{"printed":"Psalm 144:15","osis":["Ps.144.15"]},{"printed":"Proverbs 3:8","osis":["Prov.3.8"]},{"printed":"Deuteronomy 12:19","osis":["Deut.12.19"]},{"printed":"14:27, 29","osis":["Deut.14.27","Deut.14.29"]},{"printed":"Malachi 3:8","osis":["Mal.3.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"What do you mean by a subordinate end?","answer":"That which a man intends, or aims at, in order to another end, or for some further end.","segments":[{"text":"That which a man intends, or aims at, in order to another end, or for some further end.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"May a man make any thing else his ultimate or principal end, besides glorifying and enjoying God?","answer":"No.","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":["John 11:4","Psalm 144:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 11:4","osis":["John.11.4"]},{"printed":"Psalm 144:15","osis":["Ps.144.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the glorifying of God, and enjoying him for ever mans subordinate end, or else his ultimate and chief end?","answer":"Mans chief end.","segments":[{"text":"Mans chief end.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Why are the glorifying of God, and the enjoying him for ever joyned as one chief end of man?","answer":"Because God hath inseparably joyned them together, so that men cannot truly design, or seek the one without the other.","segments":[{"text":"Because God hath inseparably joyned them together, so that men cannot truly design, or seek the one without the other.","proofs":["Deuteronomy 30:19–20","Isaiah 55:3","John 17:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 30:19–20","osis":["Deut.30.19-Deut.30.20"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 55:3","osis":["Isa.55.3"]},{"printed":"John 17:3","osis":["John.17.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}