a wrong end, or perverting it to a wrong meaning", or in doubtful and equivocal expreffion, to the prejudice of truth or justice'; speaking untruth', lying, flandering', back-biting", detracting", tale-bearing, whispering", fcoffing, reviling, rash, harsh, and partial censuring; man keepeth it in till afterwards. 01 Sam. 22. 9, 10. Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was fet over the servants of Saul and faid, I faw the fon of Jeffe coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the fon of Ahitub; and he enquired of the Lord for him; and gave him-the fword of Goliath the Philiftine. Pfal. 52. 1. Why boastest thou thyfelf in mifchief, O mighty man? p Pfal. 56 5. Every day they wreft my words. Mat. 26. 60, 61. At the last came two falfe witneffes; and faid, This fellow faid, I am able to deftroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. (Compare John 2. 19.) q Gen. 3. 5. God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes fhall be opened; and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Gen. 26. 7,9. r Ifa. 59. 13. Conceiving, and uttering from the heart, words of falfehood. f Col. 3. 9. Lie not one to another, feeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. Lev. 19. 11. t Pfal. 50. 2c. Thou fitteft and fpeakest against thy brother; thou flanderest thine own mother's fon. v Pfal. 15. 3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue. Rom. 1. 30. Back-biters, haters of God. w James 4. II. Speak not evil one of another, brethren. Tit, 3. 2. To speak evil of no man. Jer. 38. 4. x Lev. 19. 16. Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale. bearer among thy people. y Rom. 1. 29. Full of deceit, malignity, whisperers, Prov. 16. 28. Now there z Ifa. 28. 22. fore be ye not mockers, left your bands be made ftrong. Gen. 21.9, Gal. 4. 29. a I Cor. 6. 10,-nor drunkards nor revilers,fball inherit the kingdom of God. b Mat, 7. 1. Judge not, that ye be not judged. c James 2. 13. He fhall have judgment without mercy, that hath fhewed no mercy. Acts 28. 4. d John 7. 24. Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment, -Rom. 2. I. Gen. 38. 24. mifconftruing intentions, words and actions; flattering, vain-glorious boasting", thinking or fpeaking too highly or too meanly of ourselves or others"; denying the gifts and graces of God'; aggravating smaller faults; hiding, excufing, or extenuating of fins, when called to a free confeffion'; unneceffarily discovering of infirmities"; raising false rumours", receiving and countenanc e Rom. 3. 8. And not rather as we be flanderoufly reported, and as fome affirm, that we fay, Let us do evil that good may come; whofe damnation is juft. Pfalm 69. 10. When I wept, and chastened my foul with fafting, that was to my reproach. I Sam. 1. 13, 14, 15. 2 Sam. 3. 10. Neh. 6. 6, 7, 8. f Pfalm 12. 2, 3. With flattering lips, and with a double heart do they speak. The Lord fhall cut off all flattering lips. g 2 Tim. 3. 2. For men fhall be lovers of their ownfelves, -boafters. h Luke 18. 11. And the Pharifee ftood and prayed thus with himself, God I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Exod. 4. 10. And Mofes faid unto the Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor fince thou haft fpoken unto thy fervant, but I am flow of fpeech, and of a flow tongue. v. 14. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Mofes. Acts 12. 22. i Job 27. 5. 6. God forbid that I should justify you; till I die, I will not remove mine integrity from me. My righteoufness I hold fast, and will not let it go, my heart shall not reproach me fo long as I live. k Ifai. 29. 20, 21. All that watch for iniquity are cut off; that make a man an offender for a word. Mat. 7.3. 1 Gen. 3. 12, 13. And the man faid, The woman, whom thou gavest to be with me, fhe gave me of the tree and I did eat, And the woman faid, The ferpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Prov. 28. 13. He that covereth his fins fhall not prosper. 2 Kings 5. 25. Gen. 4. 9. m Prov. 25. 9. Debate thy caufe with thy neighbour himflf; and discover not a secret to another. Gen. 9. 22. n Exod. 23. I. Thou shalt not raise a false report. ing evil reports, and ftopping our ears against just defence; evil fufpicion: envying or griev ing at the deferved credit of any; endeavouring or defiring to impair it', rejoicing in their difgrace and infamy'; fcornful contempt, fond admiration"; breach of lawful promises; neglecting fuch things as are of good report'; and practifing or not avoiding ourselves, or not hindering o Jer. 20. 10. I heard the defaming of many, Report, fay they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, faying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. Prov. 29. 12. p Acts 7 57. Then they cried out with a loud voice and ftopped their ears. Job 31. 13, 14. If I did defpife the caufe of my man-fervant, or of my maid-servant when they con tended with me: what then fhall I do when God rifeth up? and when he vifiteth, what fhall I answer him? q 1 Cor. 13. 5. Charitythinketh no evil. 1 Tim. 6. 4. r Mat. 21. 15. And when the chief priests and scribes faw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and faying, Hofanna to the Ton of David! they were fore displeased. Num. 11. 29. f Dan. 6. 3, 4. Then this Daniel was preferred above the prefidents and princes;-Then the prefidents and princes fought to find occafion against Daniel concerning the kingdom. Ezra 4. 12, 13. t Jer. 48. 27. For was not Ifrael a derifion unto thee? was he found among thieves? for fince thou spakeft of him, thou fkippedft for joy. v Mat. 27. 28, 29. And they stripped him, aud put on him a fcarlet robe. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon 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! Pfal. 35. 15, 16. w1 Cor. 3. 21. Let no man glory in men. Jude 16. Hav ing mens' perfons in admiration, becaufe of advantage Acts 12. 22. x Rom. I. 31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers. 2 Tim. 3. 3. y 2 Sam. 12. 14. Thou haft given great occafion to the ene mies of the Lord to blafpheme 1 Sam. 2 24. what we can in others, fuch things as procure an ill name2. 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-servant, nor his maid-fervant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour'sa. Q. 147. What are the duties required in the tenth commandment? A. The duties required in the tenth com. mandment are, fuch a full contentment with our own condition", and fuch a charitable frame of the whole foul towards our neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto and further all that good which is his. Q. 148. What are the fins forbidden in the tenth commandment? z Phil. 3. 18, 19. For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the crofs of Chrift: whofe end is deftruction, whofe god is their belly, and whofe glory is in their fhame, who mind earthly things. 2 Pet. 2. 2. And many fhall follow their pernicious ways, by reafon of whom the way of truth fhall te evil spoken of. 2 Sam. 12. 13 a Exodus 20. 17. b Heb. 13. 5. Let your converfation be without covetoufnefs, and be content with fuch things as ye have; for he hath faid, I will never leave thee. I Tim. 6. 6. c Rom. 12. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Phil. 2. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but ev ery man alfo on the things of others. Job 31. 29. 1 Tim. 1. 5e A. The fins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estates"; envying, and grieving at the good of our neighbour, together with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his. Q. 149. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? A. No man is able, either of himself", or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God'; but doth daily break them in thought, word and deed'. dr Cor. 10. 10. Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the destroyer. Kings 21. 4. 1 e Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Jam. 3. 14, 16. But if ye have bitter envying and ftrife in your hearts, glory not; and lie not against the truth. For where envying and ftrife is, there is confusion, and every evil work. f Pf. 112. 9, 10. His horn fhall be exalted with honour. The wicked fhall fee it, and be grieved. Neh. 2. 10. g Rom. 7. 7. I had not known fin but by the law; for I had not known luft, except the law had faid, Thou fhalt not cover. Deut. 5. 21. Neither fhalt thou defire thy neighbour's wife, neither fhalt thou covet thy neighbour's houfe, his field, or his man-fervant, or his maid-fervant, his ox, or his afs, or any thing that is thy neighbour's. Col. 3. 5: Mortify-inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry. Rom. 13.9. h James 3. 2. In many things we offend all. Job 15. 14. What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? John 15. 5. Without me ye can do nothing. i Eccl. 7. 20. There is not a juft man upon earth, that doeth good, and finneth not, 1 Kings 8. 46. For there is no man that finneth not. 1 John 1. 8. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. k Gen. 8. 21. The imagi nation of man's heart is evil from his youth. James I. 14. Every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own luft and enticed. Gen. 6. 5. See in letter i. 1 Pfal. 19. 12 Who can un |