{"number":79,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[79],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Is it lawful for us to seek our own temporal advantage?","answer":"Yes. And now when shall I provide for my own house,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"And now when shall I provide for my own house,","proofs":["Genesis 30:30"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 30:30","osis":["Gen.30.30"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should we do this by an application to some lawful calling?","answer":"Yes. Study to be quiet and to do your own business,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Study to be quiet and to do your own business,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 4:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 4:11","osis":["1Thess.4.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by diligence in that calling?","answer":"Yes. Not slothful in business,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Not slothful in business,","proofs":["Romans 12:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 12:11","osis":["Rom.12.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by frugality?","answer":"Yes. He that gathereth in the summer is a wise","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He that gathereth in the summer is a wise","proofs":["Proverbs 10:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 10:5","osis":["Prov.10.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by a discreet conduct?","answer":"Yes. For by understanding is a house established,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For by understanding is a house established,","proofs":["Proverbs 24:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 24:3","osis":["Prov.24.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to all this should we join fervent prayer?","answer":"Yes. I will for this be inquired of by the house of Israel,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I will for this be inquired of by the house of Israel,","proofs":["Ezekiel 36:37"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 36:37","osis":["Ezek.36.37"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we be just to all that we deal with?","answer":"Yes. Render to all their due,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Render to all their due,","proofs":["Romans 13:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:7","osis":["Rom.13.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we not over-reach the ignorant?","answer":"No. Let no man defraud or go beyond his brother,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let no man defraud or go beyond his brother,","proofs":["1 Thessalonians 4:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Thessalonians 4:6","osis":["1Thess.4.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Nor oppress the indigent?","answer":"No. We must not buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We must not buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes,","proofs":["Amos 8:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Amos 8:6","osis":["Amos.8.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But should we rather relieve them?","answer":"Yes. If thy brother be waxen poor and fallen into decay, thou shalt relieve him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"If thy brother be waxen poor and fallen into decay, thou shalt relieve him,","proofs":["Leviticus 25:35"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 25:35","osis":["Lev.25.35"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And be forward so to do?","answer":"Yes. We must be ready to distribute, willing to communicate,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We must be ready to distribute, willing to communicate,","proofs":["1 Timothy 6:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 6:18","osis":["1Tim.6.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we faithfully fulfil our promises?","answer":"Yes. I took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I took an oath of them that they should do according to this promise,","proofs":["Nehemiah 5:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 5:12","osis":["Neh.5.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And be true to our trusts?","answer":"Yes. It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful,","proofs":["1 Corinthians 4:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Corinthians 4:2","osis":["1Cor.4.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And return what we have borrowed?","answer":"Yes. For the wicked borroweth and payeth not again,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For the wicked borroweth and payeth not again,","proofs":["Psalm 37:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 37:21","osis":["Ps.37.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And discharge our just debts?","answer":"Yes. Owe no man any thing,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Owe no man any thing,","proofs":["Romans 13:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:8","osis":["Rom.13.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And make restitution where wrong has been done?","answer":"Yes. He shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten,","proofs":["Leviticus 6:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 6:4","osis":["Lev.6.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is such honesty the best policy?","answer":"Yes. For a little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For a little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked,","proofs":["Psalm 37:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 37:16","osis":["Ps.37.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}