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173 1. The duty us.g all suitable means to preserving our own life & the life of our fellow men. 2. The unlawrulness & great sin of taking away our own life, or the life of our fellow men. 3. The duty of govern.g our spirits, our passions & appetites & bring.g them into subjection to the principles of religion & of cultivat.g the opposite virtues of the christian tempers.

       1.  We are to preserve all lawful means to preserve our own life, by using with moderation & temperance, the bounties of providence, given, for the support, nourishment & continuance of the life of the life of the body. The bounties of nature are liberally dispensed for the nourishment of life. The ground, the sea & air all labor to prepare food, nourishment, cloth.g & comforts to men. But the toil & labor of man are necessary to bring to maturity & to  fit for use & comfort, most of those things that give growth & nourishment to our animal life. For by the sweat of his face, man is to get his bread.   A certain proportion of suitable meats & drinks are necessary for the life of the body. More than this is excess & temperence. They are temperate who eat & drink for health & not for drunkeness & gluttony.  As it is a duty to preserve health by temperance, it is necessary to guard against the excess of cold or heat, by care & suitable cloth.g & in sickness to use suitable means & medicine for the recovery of health. Many destroy health & life, by intemperate use & abuse of things intended for health & life. By intemperance  they b ring on themselves disease & hurry to an