{"number":74,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[74],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is it a sin to destroy ourselves?","answer":"Yes. shouldest thou die before thy time?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"shouldest thou die before thy time?","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 7:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 7:17","osis":["Eccl.7.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And of envy?","answer":"Yes. Envy is the rottenness of the bones,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Envy is the rottenness of the bones,","proofs":["Proverbs 14:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 14:30","osis":["Prov.14.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of passion?","answer":"Yes. I do well to be angry, even unto death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I do well to be angry, even unto death,","proofs":["Jonah 4:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jonah 4:9","osis":["Jonah.4.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of uncleanness?","answer":"Yes. He that committeth fornication sinneth Against his own body,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that committeth fornication sinneth Against his own body,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 6:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 6:18","osis":["1Cor.6.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of intemperance?","answer":"Yes. At last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"At last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder,","proofs":["Proverbs 23:32"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 23:32","osis":["Prov.23.32"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And of immoderate care and sorrow?","answer":"Yes. For the sorrow of the world worketh death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the sorrow of the world worketh death,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 7:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 7:10","osis":["2Cor.7.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is this an encroachment upon God’s prerogative?","answer":"Yes. For ’tis he that killeth and maketh alive,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For ’tis he that killeth and maketh alive,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 32:39"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 32:39","osis":["Deut.32.39"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And a compliance with Satan’s temptations?","answer":"Yes. For he was a murderer from the beginning,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For he was a murderer from the beginning,","proofs":["John 8:44"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 8:44","osis":["John.8.44"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But may we not expose our lives for the sake of a good conscience?","answer":"Yes. They loved not their lives unto death,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"They loved not their lives unto death,","proofs":["Revelation 12:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Revelation 12:11","osis":["Rev.12.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And hazard them in a good cause?","answer":"Yes. Zebulon and Naphtali jeoparded their lives in the high places of the field,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Zebulon and Naphtali jeoparded their lives in the high places of the field,","proofs":["Judges 5:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Judges 5:18","osis":["Judg.5.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it a breach of this command for magistrates to take away the lives of capital offenders?","answer":"No. Thou shalt do according to the sentence ; and the man that will do presumptuously, even that man shall die,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt do according to the sentence ; and the man that will do presumptuously, even that man shall die,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 17:10, 12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 17:10, 12","osis":["Deut.17.10","Deut.17.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or for one man to kill another in lawful war?","answer":"No. Smite Amalek, and slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Smite Amalek, and slay both man and woman, infant and suckling,","proofs":["1 Samuel 15:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Samuel 15:3","osis":["1Sam.15.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or by accident?","answer":"No. Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hateth not in time past, shall flee to the city of refuge,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whoso killeth his neighbour ignorantly, whom he hateth not in time past, shall flee to the city of refuge,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 19:4–5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 19:4–5","osis":["Deut.19.4-Deut.19.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or in his own defence?","answer":"No. For if a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, then shall no blood be shed for him,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For if a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, then shall no blood be shed for him,","proofs":["Exodus 22:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 22:2","osis":["Exod.22.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"But is wilful murder a great sin?","answer":"Yes. It was said by them of old time, thou shalt not kill,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It was said by them of old time, thou shalt not kill,","proofs":["Matthew 5:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 5:21","osis":["Matt.5.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is it a crying sin?","answer":"Yes. The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the ground,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"The voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the ground,","proofs":["Genesis 4:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 4:10","osis":["Gen.4.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a sin that calls for present punishment?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt take him from my altar that he may die,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou shalt take him from my altar that he may die,","proofs":["Exodus 21:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 21:14","osis":["Exod.21.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And exposes to future damnation?","answer":"Yes. For no murderer hath eternal life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For no murderer hath eternal life,","proofs":["1 John 3:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:15","osis":["1John.3.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Ought we therefore to pray that God would keep us from it?","answer":"Yes. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God,","proofs":["Psalm 51:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 51:14","osis":["Ps.51.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is it a breach of this commandment to counsel the death of others?","answer":"Yes. Thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thou hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon,","proofs":["2 Samuel 12:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Samuel 12:9","osis":["2Sam.12.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or to consent to it?","answer":"Yes. Ye by wicked hands have crucified and slain,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Ye by wicked hands have crucified and slain,","proofs":["Acts 2:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 2:23","osis":["Acts.2.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or to be any way accessary to it?","answer":"Yes. I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I have sinned, in that I have betrayed innocent blood,","proofs":["Matthew 27:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 27:4","osis":["Matt.27.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or to rejoice at it?","answer":"Yes. If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me,","proofs":["Job 31:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 31:29","osis":["Job.31.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is unjust and immoderate anger a breach of this commandment?","answer":"Yes. Whoso is angry with his brother without a case, is in danger of the judgment,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whoso is angry with his brother without a case, is in danger of the judgment,","proofs":["Matthew 5:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 5:22","osis":["Matt.5.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And foul and provoking language?","answer":"Yes. Whosoever shall say unto his brother, Racha, or thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Whosoever shall say unto his brother, Racha, or thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire,","proofs":["Matthew 5:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 5:22","osis":["Matt.5.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And malice and hatred?","answer":"Yes. He that hateth his brother is a murderer,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that hateth his brother is a murderer,","proofs":["1 John 3:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 John 3:15","osis":["1John.3.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is there such a thing as soul murder?","answer":"Yes. If thou givest him not warning his blood will I require at thine hand,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If thou givest him not warning his blood will I require at thine hand,","proofs":["Ezekiel 3:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 3:18","osis":["Ezek.3.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}