{"number":68,"title":"What is requir’d in the Sixth Commandment?","part":null,"questions":[68],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What is requir’d in the Sixth Commandment?","answer":"The Sixth Commandment requires all lawful Endeavours to preserve our own Life, and the Life of others.","segments":[{"text":"The Sixth Commandment requires all lawful Endeavours to preserve our own Life, and the Life of others.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are we to take Care of our own Lives?","answer":"Yes. No Man ever yet hated his own Flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. No Man ever yet hated his own Flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,","proofs":["Ephesians 5:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 5:29","osis":["Eph.5.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we endeavour the Preservation of them?","answer":"Yes. Skin for Skin, and all that a Man hath will he give for his Life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Skin for Skin, and all that a Man hath will he give for his Life,","proofs":["Job 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Job 2:4","osis":["Job.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are we to be careful of our Diet?","answer":"Yes. Hast thou found Honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Hast thou found Honey? Eat so much as is sufficient for thee,","proofs":["Proverbs 25:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 25:16","osis":["Prov.25.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are we to use Physick when we need it?","answer":"Yes. Take a Lump of Figs, and lay it upon the Boil,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Take a Lump of Figs, and lay it upon the Boil,","proofs":["Isaiah 38:21"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 38:21","osis":["Isa.38.21"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are we to be chearful?","answer":"Yes. For a merry Heart doth Good like a Medicine,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For a merry Heart doth Good like a Medicine,","proofs":["Proverbs 17:22"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 17:22","osis":["Prov.17.22"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"But may we deny Christ to save our Lives?","answer":"No. He that so saveth his Life shall lose it,","segments":[{"text":"No. 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":"May we commit any wilful Sin to save our Lives?","answer":"No. We must not do Evil that Good may come,","segments":[{"text":"No. We must not do Evil that Good may come,","proofs":["Romans 3:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 3:8","osis":["Rom.3.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"But what we do for the Preservation of our own Lives must it be with an Eye to God’s Glory?","answer":"Yes. That I may live, and keep thy Word, —Live and praise thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. That I may live, and keep thy Word,","proofs":["Psalm 119:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:17","osis":["Ps.119.17"]}],"note":null},{"text":"—Live and praise thee,","proofs":["Psalm 119:175"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 119:175","osis":["Ps.119.175"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are we to be compassionate even to the brute Creatures?","answer":"Yes. A Righteous Man regardeth the Life of his Beast,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. A Righteous Man regardeth the Life of his Beast,","proofs":["Proverbs 12:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 12:10","osis":["Prov.12.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Are we to be careful of the Lives of others as well as of our own?","answer":"Yes. It was Cain that said, Am I my Brother’s Keeper?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. It was Cain that said, Am I my Brother’s Keeper?","proofs":["Genesis 4:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Genesis 4:9","osis":["Gen.4.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Are we to do what we can in our Places for the Relief of those that are expos’d to Violence?","answer":"Yes. We must deliver them that are ready to be slain,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must deliver them that are ready to be slain,","proofs":["Proverbs 24:11–12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 24:11–12","osis":["Prov.24.11-Prov.24.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we succour the Distressed like the good Samaritan?","answer":"Yes. Go thou and do likewise,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Go thou and do likewise,","proofs":["Luke 10:37"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 10:37","osis":["Luke.10.37"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are we to support the Lives of those that are in Straits?","answer":"Yes. The Blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. 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":"Are we to be meek towards those that provoke us?","answer":"Yes. Shewing all Meekness towards all Men,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Shewing all Meekness towards all Men,","proofs":["Titus 3:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Titus 3:2","osis":["Titus.3.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And are we to be merciful towards those that need us?","answer":"Yes. Put on as the Elect of God Bowels of Mercies,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Put on as the Elect of God Bowels of Mercies,","proofs":["Colossians 3:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Colossians 3:12","osis":["Col.3.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}