{"number":20,"title":"Did God leave all Mankind to perish in the State of Sin and Misery?","part":null,"questions":[20],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Did God leave all Mankind to perish in the State of Sin and Misery?","answer":"God having out of his meer good Pleasure, from all Eternity elected some to Everlasting Life, did enter into a Covenant of Grace, to deliver them out of a State of Sin and Misery, and to bring them into a State of Salvation by a Redeemer.","segments":[{"text":"God having out of his meer good Pleasure, from all Eternity elected some to Everlasting Life, did enter into a Covenant of Grace, to deliver them out of a State of Sin and Misery, and to bring them into a State of Salvation by a Redeemer.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Might not God justly have left all Mankind to perish in their fallen State?","answer":"Yes. For in his Sight shall no Man living be justified,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For in his Sight shall no Man living be justified,","proofs":["Psalm 143:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 143:2","osis":["Ps.143.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Would God have been a Loser by it if they had been left to perish?","answer":"No. For can a Man be profitable to God?","segments":[{"text":"No. For can a Man be profitable to God?","proofs":["Job 22:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 22:2","osis":["Job.22.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But did he leave them to perish?","answer":"No. For the Kindness and Love of God our Saviour towards Man appears,","segments":[{"text":"No. For the Kindness and Love of God our Saviour towards Man appears,","proofs":["Titus 3:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 3:4","osis":["Titus.3.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was the Case of fallen Angels helpless and desperate?","answer":"Yes. For God spared not them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For God spared not them,","proofs":["2 Peter 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 2:4","osis":["2Pet.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is the Case of fallen Man so?","answer":"No. For he is Long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish,","segments":[{"text":"No. For he is Long-suffering to usward, not willing that any should perish,","proofs":["2 Peter 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 3:9","osis":["2Pet.3.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is God’s Patience a Token for Good?","answer":"Yes. The Long-suffering of our Lord is Salvation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Long-suffering of our Lord is Salvation,","proofs":["2 Peter 3:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 3:15","osis":["2Pet.3.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth it appear that God hath a good Will to Man’s Salvation?","answer":"Yes. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no Pleasure in the Death of the Wicked, but that he turn and live,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no Pleasure in the Death of the Wicked, but that he turn and live,","proofs":["Ezekiel 33:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 33:11","osis":["Ezek.33.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this an Encouragement to us all to hope in his Mercy?","answer":"Yes. For if the Lord had been pleased to kill us, he would not have shew’d us such Things as these,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For if the Lord had been pleased to kill us, he would not have shew’d us such Things as these,","proofs":["Judges 13:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Judges 13:23","osis":["Judg.13.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Could Man help himself out of his Estate of Sin and Misery?","answer":"No. For when we were without Strength, Christ died for the Ungodly,","segments":[{"text":"No. For when we were without Strength, Christ died for the Ungodly,","proofs":["Romans 5:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 5:6","osis":["Rom.5.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Could any Creature help us?","answer":"No. For none of them can by any Means redeem his Brother,","segments":[{"text":"No. For none of them can by any Means redeem his Brother,","proofs":["Psalm 49:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 49:7","osis":["Ps.49.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Could God himself only help us?","answer":"Yes. O Israel! thou hast destroy’d thy self, but in me is thy Help,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. O Israel! thou hast destroy’d thy self, but in me is thy Help,","proofs":["Hosea 13:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 13:9","osis":["Hos.13.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did God contrive a Way for Man’s Recovery?","answer":"Yes. He hath devised Means that his Banished may not be expelled from him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath devised Means that his Banished may not be expelled from him,","proofs":["2 Samuel 14:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 14:14","osis":["2Sam.14.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it the Contrivance of Infinite Wisdom?","answer":"Yes. It is the Wisdom of God in a Mystery, ordain’d before the World for our Glory,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It is the Wisdom of God in a Mystery, ordain’d before the World for our Glory,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 2:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 2:7","osis":["1Cor.2.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Hath he provided a Way for our Recovery?","answer":"Yes. I have found a Ransom,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I have found a Ransom,","proofs":["Job 33:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 33:24","osis":["Job.33.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Did God particularly design the Salvation of a Remnant of Mankind?","answer":"Yes. There is a Remnant according to the Election of Grace,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. There is a Remnant according to the Election of Grace,","proofs":["Romans 11:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:5","osis":["Rom.11.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are there some whom God hath chosen?","answer":"Yes. God hath from the Beginning chosen you to Salvation, through Sanctification of the Spirit,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. God hath from the Beginning chosen you to Salvation, through Sanctification of the Spirit,","proofs":["2 Thessalonians 2:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Thessalonians 2:13","osis":["2Thess.2.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is there a certain number of such?","answer":"Yes. For their Names are in the Book of Life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For their Names are in the Book of Life,","proofs":["Philippians 4:3","Revelation 13:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 4:3","osis":["Phil.4.3"]},{"printed":"Revelation 13:8","osis":["Rev.13.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Were they chosen from Eternity?","answer":"Yes. He hath chosen us in him before the Foundation of the World,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath chosen us in him before the Foundation of the World,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:4","osis":["Eph.1.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Were they chosen for the sake of any thing in themselves?","answer":"No. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,","segments":[{"text":"No. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you,","proofs":["John 15:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 15:16","osis":["John.15.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But of his meer good Pleasure?","answer":"Yes. He hath predestinated us according to the good Pleasure of his Will,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath predestinated us according to the good Pleasure of his Will,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:5","osis":["Eph.1.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Were they chosen to Salvation as the End?","answer":"Yes. God hath appointed us to obtain Salvation,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. God hath appointed us to obtain Salvation,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 5:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 5:9","osis":["1Thess.5.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to Sanctification as the Means?","answer":"Yes. He hath chosen us, that we should be holy,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath chosen us, that we should be holy,","proofs":["Ephesians 1:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 1:4","osis":["Eph.1.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it for the Glory of God?","answer":"Yes. That he might make known the Riches of his Glory on the Vessels of Mercy,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That he might make known the Riches of his Glory on the Vessels of Mercy,","proofs":["Romans 9:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 9:23","osis":["Rom.9.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Shall the Election obtain?","answer":"Yes. The Purpose of God according to Election shall stand,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Purpose of God according to Election shall stand,","proofs":["Romans 9:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 9:11","osis":["Rom.9.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth our Salvation begin there?","answer":"Yes. We love him, because he first loved us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We love him, because he first loved us,","proofs":["1 John 4:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 4:19","osis":["1John.4.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are others passed by?","answer":"Yes. When the Election hath obtained, the rest are blinded,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. When the Election hath obtained, the rest are blinded,","proofs":["Romans 11:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:7","osis":["Rom.11.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth God know certainly whom he hath chosen?","answer":"Yes. The Lord knows them that are his,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Lord knows them that are his,","proofs":["2 Timothy 2:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Timothy 2:19","osis":["2Tim.2.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Do we know it?","answer":"No. For secret Things belong not to us,","segments":[{"text":"No. For secret Things belong not to us,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 29:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 29:29","osis":["Deut.29.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Can we know our own Election otherwise than by our being sanctified?","answer":"No. We must make our Calling, and so make our Election, sure,","segments":[{"text":"No. We must make our Calling, and so make our Election, sure,","proofs":["2 Peter 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Peter 1:10","osis":["2Pet.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Were the Elect given to Christ?","answer":"Yes. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Thine they were, and thou gavest them me,","proofs":["John 17:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 17:6","osis":["John.17.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Did he undertake their Salvation?","answer":"Yes. For this is the Father’s Will, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For this is the Father’s Will, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing,","proofs":["John 6:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 6:39","osis":["John.6.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it promised him that he should effect it?","answer":"Yes. He shall see his Seed, and the Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his Hand,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He shall see his Seed, and the Pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his Hand,","proofs":["Isaiah 53:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 53:10","osis":["Isa.53.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And was he himself assur’d of it?","answer":"Yes. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. All that the Father giveth me, shall come to me,","proofs":["John 6:37"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 6:37","osis":["John.6.37"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And doth it always prove so?","answer":"Yes. As many as were ordained to Eternal Life believed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. As many as were ordained to Eternal Life believed,","proofs":["Acts 13:48"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 13:48","osis":["Acts.13.48"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And shall any of them miscarry?","answer":"No. For it is said of Seducers, They shall deceive, if it were possible, the very Elect,","segments":[{"text":"No. For it is said of Seducers, They shall deceive, if it were possible, the very Elect,","proofs":["Matthew 24:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 24:24","osis":["Matt.24.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Hath God entred into a new Covenant pursuant hereunto?","answer":"Yes. For we are not under the Law, but under Grace,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we are not under the Law, but under Grace,","proofs":["Romans 6:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 6:14","osis":["Rom.6.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth he insist upon the Terms of the first Covenant?","answer":"No. He hath not dealt with us after our Sins,","segments":[{"text":"No. He hath not dealt with us after our Sins,","proofs":["Psalm 103:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 103:10","osis":["Ps.103.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he willing to deal with us upon new Terms?","answer":"Yes. I will make a new Covenant with them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will make a new Covenant with them,","proofs":["Jeremiah 31:31"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 31:31","osis":["Jer.31.31"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he willing to be ours in Covenant?","answer":"Yes. I will be to them a God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will be to them a God,","proofs":["Hebrews 8:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 8:10","osis":["Heb.8.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Will he accept us as his?","answer":"Yes. They shall be to me a People.","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They shall be to me a People.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And will he be at Peace with us?","answer":"Yes. God was in Christ, reconciling the World unto himself,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. God was in Christ, reconciling the World unto himself,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 5:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 5:19","osis":["2Cor.5.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is this wrought out by a Redeemer?","answer":"Yes. For there is not Salvation in any other,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For there is not Salvation in any other,","proofs":["Acts 4:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 4:12","osis":["Acts.4.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was that Redeemer of God’s own providing?","answer":"Yes. God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. God so loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son,","proofs":["John 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:16","osis":["John.3.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the new Covenant made with us in Christ?","answer":"Yes. For he is the Mediator of the better Covenant,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he is the Mediator of the better Covenant,","proofs":["Hebrews 8:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 8:6","osis":["Heb.8.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a Covenant much for our Advantage?","answer":"Yes. For it is well order’d in all Things, and sure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For it is well order’d in all Things, and sure,","proofs":["2 Samuel 23:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 23:5","osis":["2Sam.23.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is perfect Obedience the Condition of it?","answer":"No. For if by Grace, then it is no more of Works,","segments":[{"text":"No. For if by Grace, then it is no more of Works,","proofs":["Romans 11:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 11:6","osis":["Rom.11.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is Faith the Condition of it?","answer":"Yes. For by Grace ye are saved through Faith,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For by Grace ye are saved through Faith,","proofs":["Ephesians 2:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 2:8","osis":["Eph.2.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is Sincerity accepted as our Gospel Perfection?","answer":"Yes. Walk before me, and be thou perfect,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Walk before me, and be thou perfect,","proofs":["Genesis 17:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 17:1","osis":["Gen.17.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is that which is requir’d in the Covenant promis’d in the Covenant?","answer":"Yes. I will cause you to walk in my Statutes,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will cause you to walk in my Statutes,","proofs":["Ezekiel 36:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 36:27","osis":["Ezek.36.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth every Transgression in the Covenant cast us out of Covenant?","answer":"No. I will visit their Transgression with a Rod, but my Loving-kindness will I not utterly take away,","segments":[{"text":"No. I will visit their Transgression with a Rod, but my Loving-kindness will I not utterly take away,","proofs":["Psalm 89:32–33"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 89:32–33","osis":["Ps.89.32-Ps.89.33"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Will this Covenant deliver us out of a State of Sin and Misery?","answer":"Yes. Whosoever believes in Christ shall not perish,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Whosoever believes in Christ shall not perish,","proofs":["John 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:16","osis":["John.3.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Will it bring us into a State of Salvation?","answer":"Yes. He that believeth on the Son hath Everlasting Life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He that believeth on the Son hath Everlasting Life,","proofs":["John 3:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 3:36","osis":["John.3.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And can we desire any more?","answer":"No. ’Tis all my Salvation, and all my Desire,","segments":[{"text":"No. ’Tis all my Salvation, and all my Desire,","proofs":["2 Samuel 23:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 23:5","osis":["2Sam.23.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was there Intimation given to Adam of this Way of Salvation by a Redeemer?","answer":"Yes. For it was said to him, That the Seed of the Woman should break the Serpent’s Head,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For it was said to him, That the Seed of the Woman should break the Serpent’s Head,","proofs":["Genesis 3:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 3:15","osis":["Gen.3.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Was it made known to the Old Testament Saints?","answer":"Yes. For of this Salvation the Prophets enquir’d, and searched diligently,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For of this Salvation the Prophets enquir’d, and searched diligently,","proofs":["1 Peter 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Peter 1:10","osis":["1Pet.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is it brought to a clearer Light in the New Testament?","answer":"Yes. Go preach the Gospel to every Creature; he that believes, shall be sav’d; he that believes not, shall be damn’d,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Go preach the Gospel to every Creature; he that believes, shall be sav’d; he that believes not, shall be damn’d,","proofs":["Mark 16:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Mark 16:16","osis":["Mark.16.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is this good News to fallen Man?","answer":"Yes. Glory be to God in the highest, on Earth Peace, Good-will towards Men,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Glory be to God in the highest, on Earth Peace, Good-will towards Men,","proofs":["Luke 2:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 2:14","osis":["Luke.2.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth this Covenant exclude any that do not exclude themselves?","answer":"No. Whosoever will, let him come and take of the Waters of Life freely,","segments":[{"text":"No. Whosoever will, let him come and take of the Waters of Life freely,","proofs":["Revelation 22:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 22:17","osis":["Rev.22.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}