{"number":61,"title":"What is forbidden in the Fourth Commandment?","part":null,"questions":[61],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What is forbidden in the Fourth Commandment?","answer":"The Fourth Commandment forbiddeth the Omission, or careless Performance, of the Duties requir’d, profaning the Day by Idleness, or doing that which is in it self Sinful, or by unnecessary Thoughts, Words or Works, about worldly Employments or Recreations.","segments":[{"text":"The Fourth Commandment forbiddeth the Omission, or careless Performance, of the Duties requir’d, profaning the Day by Idleness, or doing that which is in it self Sinful, or by unnecessary Thoughts, Words or Works, about worldly Employments or Recreations.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Do we profane the Sabbath if we neglect the the Sabbath Work?","answer":"Yes. I came seeking Fruit, and find none,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I came seeking Fruit, and find none,","proofs":["Luke 13:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 13:7","osis":["Luke.13.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Or if we perform it carelesly?","answer":"Yes. Ye brought that which was Torn, and the Lame, and the Sick,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Ye brought that which was Torn, and the Lame, and the Sick,","proofs":["Malachi 1:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Malachi 1:13","osis":["Mal.1.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or if we be weary of it?","answer":"Yes. They say, When will the Sabbath be gone?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They say, When will the Sabbath be gone?","proofs":["Amos 8:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Amos 8:5","osis":["Amos.8.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Or if we Idle away Sabbath time?","answer":"Yes. Why stand ye here all the Day idle?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Why stand ye here all the Day idle?","proofs":["Matthew 20:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 20:6","osis":["Matt.20.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And much more if we do that which is in it self sinful?","answer":"Yes. They have defiled my sanctuary in the same Day, and have profaned my Sabbaths,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They have defiled my sanctuary in the same Day, and have profaned my Sabbaths,","proofs":["Ezekiel 23:38"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ezekiel 23:38","osis":["Ezek.23.38"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Do we profane the Sabbath by violating the Sabbath Rest?","answer":"Yes. What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath Day?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath Day?","proofs":["Nehemiah 13:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Nehemiah 13:17","osis":["Neh.13.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"May we not Buy and Sell on that Day?","answer":"No. Make not my Father’s House a House of Merchandise,","segments":[{"text":"No. Make not my Father’s House a House of Merchandise,","proofs":["John 2:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 2:16","osis":["John.2.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"May we not work Harvest-work on that Day?","answer":"No. In Earing Time, and in Harvest, thou shalt Rest,","segments":[{"text":"No. In Earing Time, and in Harvest, thou shalt Rest,","proofs":["Exodus 34:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Exodus 34:21","osis":["Exod.34.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"May we not however think and speak at our Pleasure on that Day?","answer":"No. Not doing thine own Ways, nor speaking thine own Words,","segments":[{"text":"No. Not doing thine own Ways, nor speaking thine own Words,","proofs":["Isaiah 58:13"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 58:13","osis":["Isa.58.13"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Was he punished that gather’d Sticks on the Sabbath Day?","answer":"Yes. They Ston’d him with Stones that he died,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. They Ston’d him with Stones that he died,","proofs":["Numbers 15:36"],"refs":[{"printed":"Numbers 15:36","osis":["Num.15.36"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are Nations sometimes punish’d for Sabbath Profanation?","answer":"Yes. If ye will not hallow the Sabbath Day I will kindle a Fire in the Gates of Jerusalem,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. If ye will not hallow the Sabbath Day I will kindle a Fire in the Gates of Jerusalem,","proofs":["Jeremiah 17:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 17:27","osis":["Jer.17.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is the contempt of the Sabbath a contempt of God?","answer":"Yes. This Man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath Day,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. This Man is not of God, because he keepeth not the Sabbath Day,","proofs":["John 9:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 9:16","osis":["John.9.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}