{"number":85,"title":null,"part":null,"questions":[85],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"Have wicked men a civil property in their goods?","answer":"Yes. Was it not thine own?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Was it not thine own?","proofs":["Acts 5:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 5:4","osis":["Acts.5.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Should they therefore be suffered quietly to enjoy them?","answer":"Yes. David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"David’s heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul’s skirt,","proofs":["1 Samuel 24:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Samuel 24:5","osis":["1Sam.24.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is the good man’s condition settled by God?","answer":"Yes. He performeth the thing that is appointed for me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He performeth the thing that is appointed for me,","proofs":["Job 23:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 23:14","osis":["Job.23.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And is it that which is best for him?","answer":"Yes. For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 2:26"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 2:26","osis":["Eccl.2.26"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And infinitely better than he deserves?","answer":"Yes. For it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For it is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed,","proofs":["Lamentations 3:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Lamentations 3:22","osis":["Lam.3.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Should he therefore be contented in it?","answer":"Yes. I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"I have learned in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content,","proofs":["Philippians 4:11"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 4:11","osis":["Phil.4.11"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is contentment a powerful antidote against covetousness?","answer":"Yes. Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have,","proofs":["Hebrews 13:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 13:5","osis":["Heb.13.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Should we not seek great things for ourselves?","answer":"No. Seekest thou great things for thyself, seek them not,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Seekest thou great things for thyself, seek them not,","proofs":["Jeremiah 45:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 45:5","osis":["Jer.45.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Nor grieve at the more prosperous circumstances of others?","answer":"No. Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,","segments":[{"text":"No.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way,","proofs":["Psalm 37:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 37:7","osis":["Ps.37.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But rather rejoice in their prosperity and endeavour to promote it?","answer":"Yes. Thus Mordecai sought the wealth of his people, and spoke peace to all his seed,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Thus Mordecai sought the wealth of his people, and spoke peace to all his seed,","proofs":["Esther 10:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Esther 10:3","osis":["Esth.10.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"In order to obtain this happy temper of mind, should we resign up our wills to the will of God?","answer":"Yes. He shall choose our inheritance for us,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"He shall choose our inheritance for us,","proofs":["Psalm 47:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 47:4","osis":["Ps.47.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And be much in contemplating the vanity of the creature?","answer":"Yes. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not?","proofs":["Proverbs 23:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 23:5","osis":["Prov.23.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And make a due estimate of the blessings which we possess?","answer":"Yes. For better is the sight of the eye than the wandering of the desire,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"For better is the sight of the eye than the wandering of the desire,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 6:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 6:9","osis":["Eccl.6.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And frequently transfer our thoughts to the other world?","answer":"Yes. We look not at the things that are seen, which are temporal, but at the things which are not seen, which are eternal,","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"We look not at the things that are seen, which are temporal, but at the things which are not seen, which are eternal,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 4:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 4:18","osis":["2Cor.4.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And if after all we find some risings of discontent should we check them in their first appearances?","answer":"Yes. O my soul, why art thou disquieted within me?","segments":[{"text":"Yes.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null},{"text":"O my soul, why art thou disquieted within me?","proofs":["Psalm 42:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 42:5","osis":["Ps.42.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}],"text":null}