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Exod. xxiii. 1. Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

o Prov. xxix. 12. If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.

P Acts vii. 56. And (Stephen) said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Ver. 57. Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, Job xxxi. 18. If I did despise the cause of my man-servant, or of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; Ver. 14. What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

1 Cor. xiii. 5. (Charity) doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil. 1 Tim. vi. 4. He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings.

Numb. xi. 29. And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? Would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his Spirit upon them. Mat. xxi. 15. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased.

SEzra iv. 12. Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. Ver. 13. Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

t Jer. xlviii. 27. For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

Psal. xxxv. 15. But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together; yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me.-Ver. 16. With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. Ver. 21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. Mat. xxvii. 28. And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. Ver. 29. 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, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!

W Jude, Ver. 16. These are murmurers, complainers, walking af ter their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling

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lawful promises; neglecting such things as are of good report, and practising, or not avoiding ourselves, or not hindering what we can in others, such things as procure an ill name 2.

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-servant, 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 commandment?

A. The duties required in the tenth commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition", and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his.

words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. Acts xii. 22. And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

Rom. i. 31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers,- -2 Tim. iii. 3. Without natural affection truce-breakers, false accusers,

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* Y 1 Sam. ii. 24. Nay, my sons: for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to transgress.

72 Sam. xiii. 12. And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me: for no such thing ought to be done in Israel; do not thou this folly. Ver. 13. And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel: now therefore,-Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Ver. 9. Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel. Prov. vi. 33. A wound and dis

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honour shall he get, and his re proach shall not be wiped away. 146. a Exod. xx. 17.

147. b Heb. xiii. 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thon nar forsake thee. 1 Tim. vi. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain.

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© Job xxxi. 29. If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Psal. cxxii. 7. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. Ver. 8. For my brethren and companions sake I will now say, Peace be within thee. Ver 9. Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. 1 Tim. i. 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. Esth. x. 3. For Mordecai

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Q. 148. What are the sins forbidden in the tenth commandment?

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A. The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, discontentment with our own estate; 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

the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. 1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Ver. 5. Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Ver. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Ver. 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.

148. d1 Kings xxi. 4. And Ahab came into his house, heavy and displeased, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers; and he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. Esth. v. 19, Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 1 Cor. x. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the de

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Gal. v. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking one another, envying one another. James iii. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not; and lie not against the

truth. Ver. 16. For where envy, ing and strife is, there is confusion, and every evil work.

f Psal cxii. 9. He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righ teousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. Ver. 10. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. Neh. ii. 10. When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

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8 Rom. vii. 7. What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law: for I had not known lust, Thou shalt except the law had said, not covet. Ver. 8. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence, For without the law sin was dead. Rom. xiii. 9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affec

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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'.

tion, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Deut. v. 21. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.

149. h James iii. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. John xv. 5. I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. Rom. viii. 3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the flesh.

i Eccl. vii. 20. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 1 John i. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. Ver. 10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. Gal. v. 17. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary the one to the other; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. vii. 18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but how

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to perform that which is good I find not. Ver. 19. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that do I.

k Gen. vi. 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. viii. 21.-Ard the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth:

Rom. iii. 9.-We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; Ver. 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one. Ver. 11. There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. Ver. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one: Ver. 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: Ver. 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Ver. 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood: Ver. 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways: Ver. 17. And the way of peace have they not known: Ver. 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Ver. 19. Now we know, that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world

·Q. 150. Are all transgressions of the law of God equally heinous in themselves, and in the sight of God?

A. All transgressions of the law of God are not equally heinous; but some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others".

Q. 151. What are those aggravations that make some sins more heinous than others?

A. Sins receive their aggravations,

1. From the persons offending": if they be of riper age, greater experience or grace, eminent for profession",

world may become guilty before God. James iii. from Ver. 2. to 13. For in many things we offend all,

150. m John xix. 11. Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Ezek. viii. 6.—— But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. Ver. 13. -Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. Ver. 15.-Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. 1 John v. 16. If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. Psal. lxxviii. 17. And they sinned yet more against him, by provoking the most High in the wilderness. Ver. 32. For all this they sinned still: and believed not for his wondrous works. Ver. 56. Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies.

151 jer. ii. 8. The priests said not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law knew me not:

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the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit.

Job xxxii. 7. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Ver. 9. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Eccl. iv. 13. Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished.

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P1 Kings xi. 4. For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. Ver. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice.

92 Sam. xii. 14. Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. 1 Cor. v. 1. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife,

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