The Westminster Larger Catechism
Questions 146—148: On the Tenth Commandment
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'sa.
a Exod. 20:17
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 conditiona,
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 hisb.
a Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:6 b
Job 31:29; Rom. 12:15; Ps. 122:7-9; 1 Tim. 1:5; Esth. 10:3; 1 Cor.
13:4-7
Q. 148. What are the sins forbidden in the tenth
commandment?
A. The sins forbidden in the tenth commandment
are, discontentment with our own estatea; envyingb
and grieving at the good of our neighbourc,
together with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that
is hisd.
a 1 Kings 21:4; Esth. 5:13;
1 Cor. 10:10 b Gal. 5:26; James 3:14 ,16 c
Ps. 112:9,10; Neh. 2:10 d Rom. 7:7,8; Rom.
13:9; Col. 3:5; Deut. 5:21
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