{"number":74,"title":"What is requir’d in the Eighth Commandment?","part":null,"questions":[74],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What is requir’d in the Eighth Commandment?","answer":"The Eighth Commandment requires all lawful procuring and furthering our own and our Neighbour’s Wealth and outward Estate.","segments":[{"text":"The Eighth Commandment requires all lawful procuring and furthering our own and our Neighbour’s Wealth and outward Estate.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is Religion a Friend to outward Prosperity?","answer":"Yes. For in Wisdom’s Left Hand are Riches and Honour,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For in Wisdom’s Left Hand are Riches and Honour,","proofs":["Proverbs 3:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 3:16","osis":["Prov.3.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth it teach us to be diligent in our Callings?","answer":"Yes. Be thou diligent to know the State of thy Flocks,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Be thou diligent to know the State of thy Flocks,","proofs":["Proverbs 27:23"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 27:23","osis":["Prov.27.23"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And to keep close to them?","answer":"Yes. Study to be quiet, and to do your own Business,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. 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 is that the Way to thrive?","answer":"Yes. For the Hand of the Diligent maketh Rich,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Hand of the Diligent maketh Rich,","proofs":["Proverbs 10:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 10:4","osis":["Prov.10.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth Religion teach us to be prudent in our Affairs?","answer":"Yes. The good Man will guide his Affairs with Discretion,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The good Man will guide his Affairs with Discretion,","proofs":["Psalm 112:5"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 112:5","osis":["Ps.112.5"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is that the Way to thrive?","answer":"Yes. For through Wisdom is a House builded,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For through Wisdom is a House builded,","proofs":["Proverbs 24:3–4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 24:3–4","osis":["Prov.24.3-Prov.24.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we serve God with our Worldly Estate?","answer":"Yes. Honour the Lord with the Substance,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Honour the Lord with the Substance,","proofs":["Proverbs 3:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 3:9","osis":["Prov.3.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And is that the Way to thrive?","answer":"Yes. So shall thy Barns be filled with Plenty,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. So shall thy Barns be filled with Plenty,","proofs":["Proverbs 3:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 3:10","osis":["Prov.3.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we chearfully use our Estates?","answer":"Yes. For I know no Good in them, but for a Man to rejoice, and to do Good in his Life,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For I know no Good in them, but for a Man to rejoice, and to do Good in his Life,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 3:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 3:12","osis":["Eccl.3.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And must we chearfully serve God with them?","answer":"Yes. We must serve the Lord our God with Joyfulness and Gladness of Heart in the Abundance of all Things,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must serve the Lord our God with Joyfulness and Gladness of Heart in the Abundance of all Things,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 28:47"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 28:47","osis":["Deut.28.47"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we be just to all we deal with?","answer":"Yes. Render therefore to all their Due,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Render therefore to all their Due,","proofs":["Romans 13:7"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:7","osis":["Rom.13.7"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And must we give every Body their own?","answer":"Yes. Owe no Man any thing, but to love one another,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Owe no Man any thing, but to love one another,","proofs":["Romans 13:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Romans 13:8","osis":["Rom.13.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Must we be true to every Trust repos’d in us?","answer":"Yes. As the Workmen who dealt faithfully,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. As the Workmen who dealt faithfully,","proofs":["2 Kings 12:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Kings 12:15","osis":["2Kgs.12.15"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is 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. 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":[]},{"question":"And shall we have the Comfort of it in this World?","answer":"Yes. He that walketh Righteously, and speaketh Uprightly, that despiseth the Gain of Oppression, and shaketh his Hands from holding of Bribes, he shall dwell on high, his Place of Defence shall be the Munitions of Rocks, Bread shall be given him, and his Waters shall be pure,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. He that walketh Righteously, and speaketh Uprightly, that despiseth the Gain of Oppression, and shaketh his Hands from holding of Bribes, he shall dwell on high, his Place of Defence shall be the Munitions of Rocks, Bread shall be given him, and his Waters shall be pure,","proofs":["Isaiah 33:15–16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 33:15–16","osis":["Isa.33.15-Isa.33.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"If therefore we have done any Wrong must we make Restitution?","answer":"Yes. Zacheus stood and said, If I have wronged any Man I restore him Fourfold,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Zacheus stood and said, If I have wronged any Man I restore him Fourfold,","proofs":["Luke 19:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 19:8","osis":["Luke.19.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we concern our selves for the Welfare of others?","answer":"Yes. Look not every one on his own Things, but every one also on the Things of others,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Look not every one on his own Things, but every one also on the Things of others,","proofs":["Philippians 2:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Philippians 2:4","osis":["Phil.2.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And must we do all we can to promote the Welfare of others?","answer":"Yes. If thy Brother’s Ox or Ass go astray thou shalt bring them back,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. If thy Brother’s Ox or Ass go astray thou shalt bring them back,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 22:1"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 22:1","osis":["Deut.22.1"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we relieve the Poor according to our Ability?","answer":"Yes. If thy Brother be waxen Poor, and fallen into Decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. If thy Brother be waxen Poor, and fallen into Decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him,","proofs":["Leviticus 25:35"],"refs":[{"printed":"Leviticus 25:35","osis":["Lev.25.35"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we be forward to relieve the Poor?","answer":"Yes. We must be ready to distribute, willing to communicate,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. 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":"Is that the Way to thrive in this World?","answer":"Yes. For he that hath Pity on the Poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay him again,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For he that hath Pity on the Poor, lendeth to the Lord, and that which he hath given will he pay him again,","proofs":["Proverbs 19:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"Proverbs 19:17","osis":["Prov.19.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And shall it be repaid in t’other World?","answer":"Yes. Thou shalt be recompenced in the Resurrection of the Just,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Thou shalt be recompenced in the Resurrection of the Just,","proofs":["Luke 14:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 14:14","osis":["Luke.14.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And must we make this Use of what we have in the World?","answer":"Yes. We must labour that we may have to give to him that needeth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must labour that we may have to give to him that needeth,","proofs":["Ephesians 4:28"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 4:28","osis":["Eph.4.28"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}