1 fond admiration w; breach of lawful promifes x; neglecting fuch things as are of good report y; and practifing or not avoiding ourselves, or not hindering what we can in others, fuch things as procure an ill name z. Q. 146. Which is the tenth commandment? A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his man-fervant, nor his maid-fervant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's a. Q. 147. What are the duties required in the tenth command ment? A. The duties required in the tenth commandment are, fuch a full contentment with our own condition b, and fuch a charitable frame of the whole foul toward our neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto and further all that good which is his c. thorns, they put it on his head,and a reed in his right hand and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, faying, Hail, king of the Jews. w Jude16. Thefe are murmurers complainers, walking after their own lufts; and their mouth fpeaketh great fwelling words, having mensperfons in admirationbecaufe of advantage, Acts 12.22. And the peoplegave a fhout,faying,it is the voice of a god,and not of a man. xRom.1.31. Without underftanding,covenant-breakers,--2 Tim. 3. 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, falfe aceufers. y 1 Sam. 2. 24. Nay, my fons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to tranfgrefs. z 2 Sam. 13. 12. And the anlwered him, nay, my brother, do not force me: for no fuch thing ought to be done in Ifrael: do not thou this folly. v. 13. And I, whither fhall I caufe my fhame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools inIfrael; now therefore, Prov. 5. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the Q. 148. door of her houfe: v. 9. Left thou give thine honour unto others, and thy yearsuntothécruel.Prov. 6.33. A wound and dishonour fhall he get, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. 146. a Exod. 20. 17. 147.b Heb. 13.5. Let your converfation be without covetoufnels; and be content with fuch things as ye have: for he hath faid, I will never leave thee,nor forfake thee. 1 Tim. 6. 6. But godlinefs with contentment is great gain. c Job 31. 29. If I rejoiced at the deftruction of him that hated me, or lift up my self when evil found him. Rom. 12. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Pfal. 122.7. Peace be within thy walls,and profperity within thy palaces. v. 8. For my brethren and companions fake, I will now fay, peace be within thee. . 9. Because of the houfe of the Lord our God, I will feek thy good. Tim.1.5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeigned, Efther 10. 3. For Morde .148. What are the fins forbidden in the tenth commandment? A. The fins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, difcontentment with our own eftate d; envying e and grieving at the good of our neighbour f, together with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his g. Q. 149. Is any man able perfectly to keep the comand ments of God? A. No cai the Jew wasnextunto king Aha- teoufnefs endureth for ever; his fuerus, and greatamong the Jews, horn fhall be exalted with honour. and accepted of the multitude of . 10. The wicked fhall fee it,and his brethren,feeking the wealth of be grieved; he fhall gnafn with his his people, and fpeaking peace to teeth, and melt away: the defire all his feed. Cor. 13.4. Charity of thewickedfhallperifb.Neh.2.10. fuffereth long,and is kind; charity When Sanballat the Horonite,and envyeth not; charity,vaunteth not Tobiah the fervant the Ammonite, itfelf, is not puffed up, v, 5.Doth heard of it, it grieved them exnot behave itfelfunfeemly, feeketh ceedingly that there was come a not her own, is not eafily provo- man to feck the welfare of the ked,thinketh no evil, v. 6. Rejoi- children of Ifrael, ceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth g Rom. 7 7. What fhall we fay in the truth. v. 7. Beareth all then? Is the law fin? God forbid, things,believethall things, hopeth Nay, I had not known fin, but by all things, endureth all things. the law:for I had not known luit, 149.d1 Kings 21. 4. And Ahab except the lawhad faid, Thoufhalt came into his houfe,heavy and dif not covet. . 8. But fin taking pleafed, because of theword which occafion by the commandment, Naboth the Jezreelite had fpoken wrought in me all manner of conto him; for he had faid, I will not cupifcence. For without the law give thee the inheritance of my fin was dead. Rom.13.9. For this, fathers and he laid him down u- Thou shalt not commit adultery, pon his bed, and turned away his Thou shalt not kill,Thou fhaltnot face,andwould eat nobread,Efther. fteal, Thou shalt not bear falle wit5. 13. Yet all this availeth me no- nefs, Thou shall not covet; and if thing fo long as I fee Mordecai the there be any other commandment, Jewfitting at thekings gate. Cor. it is briefly comprehended in this 10.10.Neither murmurye, as fome faying, namely, Thou shalt love of them alfo murmured, and were thy neighbour as thy felf. Col.3.5, deftroyed of the destroyer, Mortify therefore your members e Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be defi- which are upon the earth; fornicarous of vain glory, provoking one tion, uncleanness, inordinate afanother,cnvying oneanother, Jam. fection, evil concupifcence, and 3: 14.But if you have bitter envy- covetoufrefs, which is idolatry. ing and ftrife in your hearts,glory Deut.5, 21, Neither fhalt thou denot and lie not against the truth, fire thy neighbours wife, neitheṛ 7.16, For where envying and ftrife fhalt thou covet thy neighbours is, there is confufion, and every houfe,hisfield, or his man-fervant, evil work, or his maid-fervant, his ox, or his fPfal. 112.9 He hath difperfed, afs, or any thing that is thy neighhe hath given to the poor;hisrighbours. 1 149.h James A. No man is able, either of himself h, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God i; but doth daily break them in thought k, word, and deed 1. Q. 150. Are all tranfgreffions of the law of Gad equally hainous in themselves, and in the fight of God? A. All tranfgreffions of the law of God are not equally hainous but fome fins in themselves, and by reafon of feveral aggravations, are more hainous in the fight of God than others m, Q. 151. 149. h James 3.2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the fame is a perfect man, and able alfo to bridle the whole body, John 15. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing, Rom.8.3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God fending his own Son in the likeness of finful flefh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh, i Eccl.7.20. For there is nota juft man upon earth, that doth good, and finneth not. 1 John 1.8. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourfelves, and the truth is not in us. v. 10. If we fay that we have not finned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Gal. 5. 17. For the fleth lufteth against theSpi rit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and thefe are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. 7. 18. For I know, that in me (that is, in my flesh dwelleth no good thing; for to will is prefent with me; but how to perform that which isgood, I find not. v. 19. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that do I. k Gen. 6. 5. And God law that the wickedness of man wasgreat in the earth, and that every imagination of thethoughts of hisheart was only evil continually. Gen.8.21.And the Lord faid in his heart, I will curfe the ground no more for man's fake; for the imagination of mansheart is evilfrom his youth: 1 Rom. 3.9.----We have before proved both JewsandGentiles,that they are all under fin; v.10. As it is written, there is none righteous, no not one: v.11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that feeketh after God. v.12.They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable, there is none that doth good, no not one: v. 13. Their throat is an openfepulchre: with their tongues they have used deceit; the poifon of afps is under their lips: v. 14. Whofe mouth is full of curfing and bitterness. v, 15. Their feet are fwift to fhed blood. v. 16, Deftruction and mifery are in their ways: v.17. And the way of peace have they not known. v. 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes. v. 19. Now we know that what things foever the law faith, it faith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. James 3. from verfe 2. to 13. For in many things we offend all.-. 150 m John 19.11. Jefus answe red, thou couldst have no power at all againft me,except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater fin. Ezek. 8. 6.---But turn thee yet again, and thou fhalt fee greater abominations. v.13.-Turn thee 151.What are thofe aggravations that make fomefins more hainous than others? A. Sins receive their Aggravations, 1. From the perfons offending n: If they be of riper Age o: greater experience or Grace ; Eminent for profeffion q: Gifts r, place f, office t; guides to others, thee yet again, and thou fhalt fee greater abominationsthat they do. 2. 15. -Turn thee yet again,& thoufhalt feegreater abominations than thefe, I John 5. 16. If any man fee his brother fin a fin which is not unto death,he fhall afk, and he fhall give him life for them that fin not unto death. There is a fin unto death: I do not fay that he fhall pray for it. Pfal.78.17. And they finned yet more againit him, by provoking the most high in the wildernefs,v. 32,For all this they finned ftill; and believed not for his woundrous works. v, 56. Yet they tempted and provoked the molt high God, and kept not his teftimonies, 151. n Jer, 2. 8. The priests faid not, Where is the Lord?and they that handle the law, knew me not: the paftors alfo tranfgreffed against me, and the prophets prophefied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. : O Job. 32. 7. I faid, days fhould fpeak,andmultitudeofyears fhould teachwifdom. v. 9. Great men are not always wife neither do the aged understand judgment. Eccl, 4. 13. Better is a poor and a wife child,then anold and foolish king, who will no more be admonished, p 1 Kings 11. 4. For it came to pafs when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heartafter other Gods ; and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heartof Davidhis father, v. 9. And the Lord wasangrywith Solomon, becaufe his heart was turned from the Lord Godof Ifrael, which had appeared unto him twice, 42 Sam 12. 14. Howbeit, be caufe by this deed thou haft given great occafion to the enemies of the Lord to blafphame, the child that is born unto thee fhall furely die. 1 Cor. 5. 1. It is reported com. monly that there is fornication a, mong you,and fuch fornication as is not fomuchas named among the Gentiles, that one should have his fathers wife. r James 4. 17, Therefore tohim that knoweth todo good,and doth itnot,to him it is fin. Luke 12.47. And that fervant which knew his lords will, and prepared nothimfelf, neither did according to his will, fhall be beaten with many ftripes. v. 48. But he that knew not,and did commit things worthy of ftripes, fhall be beaten with few ftripes: For unto whofoever much is given, of him fhall be much required: and to whom men have commited much, of him they will afk the more. f Jer. 5. 4. Therefore I faid, furely thefe are poor, they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God v. 5, 1 will get me unto the great men, and will fpeak unte them: for they have known the way of the Lord,and the judgment of their God: but thefe have altogether broken the yoke,and burst the bonds. t 2 Sam. 12 7. And Nathan faid to David,Thou art the man. Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, I aɛ nointed thee king over lírael, v 8, And gave thee thy matters houfe, and thy mafters wives into thy bo fom, and gave thee the houfe of Ifrael thers v, and whofe example is likely to be followed by others w. 2. From the parties offended x; if immediately against God y, his attributes z, and worship a; against Christ, and Ifrael and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee fuch and fuch things. v. 9. Wherefore haft thou defpifed the commandment of the Lord,todo evil in his fight?--Ezek. 8. 11. And thereftood before them feventy men of the ancients of the houfe of Ifrael, and in the midft of them food Jaazaniah the fon of Shaphan,with every manhis cenfer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense went up. v, 12. Then said he unto me, fon of man, haft thou feen what the ancients of the house of Ifrael do in the dark, every man in the chamber of his imagery?for they lay, the Lord feeth us not, the Lord hath forfaken the earth. v Rom, 2, 17. Behold, thou art called a Jew,and refteft in the law, and makeft thy boaft of God; v,18, And knoweft his will,--v.19. And art confident that thou thy felf art a guide of the blind,a light ofthem which are in darkness. v. 19, An inftructer of the foolish, a teacher of babes,--. 21. Thou therefore which teachest another, teachelt thou not thy felf? Thou that preacheft a man fhould not fteal, doft thou fteal? v. 22. Thou that fayelt a man fhould not commit a dultery, doft thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, doft thoucommitfacrilege? v.23.Thou that makeft thy boast of the law, through breaking the law, difhonourelt thou God? v, 24. For the name of God is blafphemed among the Gentiles, through you. w Gal.2, 11. But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed, v. 12. For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come,he withdrew, and feparated himself, fearing them which his were ofthe circumcifion.v.13.And the other Jews diffembled likewife with him; infomuch thatBarnabas alfo was carried away with their diffimulation. v. 14. But when I fawthat they walkednot uprightly, according to the truth of the gofpel, I faid unto Peter before them all, if thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner ofGentiles,and not as do the Jews,why compelleththou theGentiles to live as do the Jews? x Mat.21.38.But when the hufbandmeu faw the fun, they faid a mong themselves, this is the heir, come let us kill him, and let us feize on his inheritance. v.39. And they caught him, and calt him out of the vineyard, and flew him. y1 Sam. 2.25. If one man fin against another,the judgefhall judge him; but if a man fin against the Lord, who fhall intreat for him? Acts5.4--Thou haft not lied unto men, but unto God. Pfal. 51.4. Against thee, thee only have I fin ned, and done this evil in thy fight: that thou mightest be juftified when thou fpeakeft, and be clear when thou judgeft. z Rom. 2. 4. Or defpifeft thou the riches of his goodness, and forbearance, and long fuffering, not knowing that the goodness ofGod leadeth thee to repentance? a Mal. 1. 8. And if ye offer the blind for facrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and fick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor, will he be pleated with thee, or accept thy perfon? faith the Lord of hofts. v. 14. But curied be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male,and voweth and facrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King,faith the Lord of hofts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. b Heb. |