{"number":73,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[73],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is self-preservation a part of the law of nature?","answer":"Yes. Skin for skin, all that a man hath will be given for his life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Skin for skin, all that a man hath will be given for his life,","proofs":["Job 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 2:4","osis":["Job.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"But has this law been broken?","answer":"Yes. For some choose strangling rather than life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For some choose strangling rather than life,","proofs":["Job 7:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 7:15","osis":["Job.7.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Was it therefore necessary that it should be enforced by an express command?","answer":"Yes. Do thyself no harm,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Do thyself no harm,","proofs":["Acts 16:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 16:28","osis":["Acts.16.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we use all lawful methods for the preservation of our health?","answer":"Yes. Use a little wine for thy stomach sake,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Use a little wine for thy stomach sake,","proofs":["1 Timothy 5:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 5:23","osis":["1Tim.5.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we for this purpose be moderate in the use of meats and drinks?","answer":"Yes. When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, put a knife to thy throat,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, put a knife to thy throat,","proofs":["Proverbs 23:1–2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 23:1–2","osis":["Prov.23.1-Prov.23.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And avoid all unnecessary acts of mortification?","answer":"Yes. Be not righteous overmuch, for why shouldest thou destroy thyself?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Be not righteous overmuch, for why shouldest thou destroy thyself?","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 7:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 7:16","osis":["Eccl.7.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And defend ourselves against violence?","answer":"Yes. He that hath no sword let him sell his garments and buy one,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that hath no sword let him sell his garments and buy one,","proofs":["Luke 22:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 22:36","osis":["Luke.22.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And fly from persecution?","answer":"Yes. When they persecute you in one city fly to another,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When they persecute you in one city fly to another,","proofs":["Matthew 10:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 10:23","osis":["Matt.10.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And not causelessly run into danger?","answer":"No. Let not thy voice be heard amongst us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let not thy voice be heard amongst us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life,","proofs":["Judges 18:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Judges 18:25","osis":["Judg.18.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should whatsoever we do for the preservation of our own lives be with an eye to God’s glory?","answer":"Yes. That whether we live, we might live unto the Lord,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"That whether we live, we might live unto the Lord,","proofs":["Romans 14:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 14:8","osis":["Rom.14.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it therefore unlawful to commit sin even to save life?","answer":"Yes. For he that so saveth his life shall lose it,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he that so saveth his life shall lose it,","proofs":["Matthew 16:25"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 16:25","osis":["Matt.16.25"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we be careful of the lives of others?","answer":"Yes. Judah said,what profit is it, if we slay our brother,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Judah said,what profit is it, if we slay our brother,","proofs":["Genesis 37:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 37:20","osis":["Gen.37.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we pray for their health?","answer":"Yes. I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health,","proofs":["3 John 2"],"refs":[{"printed":"3 John 2","osis":["3John.1.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And discover designs to their prejudice?","answer":"Yes. When Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and told Paul,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"When Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and told Paul,","proofs":["Acts 22:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 22:16","osis":["Acts.22.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And hide them from the unjust fury of their enemies?","answer":"Yes. As Obediah hid the prophets of the Lord by fifties in a cave,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"As Obediah hid the prophets of the Lord by fifties in a cave,","proofs":["1 Kings 18:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Kings 18:4","osis":["1Kgs.18.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And avoid every thing whereby their lives might be endangered?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 22:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 22:8","osis":["Deut.22.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should magistrates defend the innocent?","answer":"Yes. They must deliver them that are drawn out to death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They must deliver them that are drawn out to death,","proofs":["Proverbs 24:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 24:11","osis":["Prov.24.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And rich men succour the poor?","answer":"Yes. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me,","proofs":["Job 29:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 29:13","osis":["Job.29.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should we be careful of giving offence?","answer":"Yes. If it be possible live peaceably with all men,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If it be possible live peaceably with all men,","proofs":["Romans 12:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:18","osis":["Rom.12.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And equally so of taking it?","answer":"Yes. Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves,","proofs":["Romans 12:19"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:19","osis":["Rom.12.19"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}