{"number":8,"title":"How doth God Execute his Decrees?","part":null,"questions":[8],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"How doth God Execute his Decrees?","answer":"God Executeth his Decrees in the Works of Creation and Providence.","segments":[{"text":"God Executeth his Decrees in the Works of Creation and Providence.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Shall all God’s Decrees be Executed?","answer":"Yes. For the Lord of Hosts hath sworn, surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Lord of Hosts hath sworn, surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass,","proofs":["Isaiah 14:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 14:24","osis":["Isa.14.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Can any of them be Defeated?","answer":"No. For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?","segments":[{"text":"No. For the Lord of Hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it?","proofs":["Isaiah 14:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 14:27","osis":["Isa.14.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Did God Execute his Decree in the Work of Creation?","answer":"Yes. He hath Created all Things, and for his Pleasure they are and were Created,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He hath Created all Things, and for his Pleasure they are and were Created,","proofs":["Revelation 4:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 4:11","osis":["Rev.4.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And doth he Execute his Decrees in the Works of Providence?","answer":"Yes. For out of the Mouth of the most High both Evil and Good proceed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For out of the Mouth of the most High both Evil and Good proceed,","proofs":["Lamentations 3:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Lamentations 3:38","osis":["Lam.3.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Did God begin to Work in the Creation of the World?","answer":"Yes. Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the Foundations of the Earth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Thou, Lord, in the beginning didst lay the Foundations of the Earth,","proofs":["Hebrews 1:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 1:10","osis":["Heb.1.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is he still Working?","answer":"Yes. For Christ saith, My Father Worketh hitherto, and I Work,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For Christ saith, My Father Worketh hitherto, and I Work,","proofs":["John 5:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 5:17","osis":["John.5.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are all his Works Copied out of his Counsels?","answer":"Yes. For they are what his Hand and his Counsel determine before to be done,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For they are what his Hand and his Counsel determine before to be done,","proofs":["Acts 4:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 4:28","osis":["Acts.4.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are God’s Works many?","answer":"Yes. O Lord, how manifold are thy Works!","segments":[{"text":"Yes. O Lord, how manifold are thy Works!","proofs":["Psalm 104:24"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 104:24","osis":["Ps.104.24"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are they great?","answer":"Yes. His Work is Honorable and Glorious,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. His Work is Honorable and Glorious,","proofs":["Psalm 111:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 111:3","osis":["Ps.111.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are they perfect in their Kind?","answer":"Yes. God is the Rock, his Work is perfect,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. God is the Rock, his Work is perfect,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 32:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 32:4","osis":["Deut.32.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Can they be amended?","answer":"No. Whatsoever God doth, nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it,","segments":[{"text":"No. Whatsoever God doth, nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 3:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 3:14","osis":["Eccl.3.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Ought they to be Studied?","answer":"Yes. They are sought out of all them that have Pleasure therein,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They are sought out of all them that have Pleasure therein,","proofs":["Psalm 111:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 111:2","osis":["Ps.111.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a great Sin to Neglect them?","answer":"Yes. Because they regard not the Work of the Lord, neither consider the Operation of his Hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Because they regard not the Work of the Lord, neither consider the Operation of his Hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up,","proofs":["Psalm 28:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 28:5","osis":["Ps.28.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Can all God’s Works be throughly discover’d?","answer":"No. For no Man can find out the Work that God makes from the beginning to the End,","segments":[{"text":"No. For no Man can find out the Work that God makes from the beginning to the End,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 3:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 3:11","osis":["Eccl.3.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Can his Designs in them be accounted for?","answer":"No. For his way is in the Sea, and his Path in the great Waters,","segments":[{"text":"No. For his way is in the Sea, and his Path in the great Waters,","proofs":["Psalm 77:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 77:19","osis":["Ps.77.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But is he glorified in them?","answer":"Yes. All his Works do praise him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. All his Works do praise him,","proofs":["Psalm 145:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 145:10","osis":["Ps.145.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}