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behaviour, immodeft apparel; prohibiting of lawful", and difpenfing with unlawful marriages; allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them"; entangling vows of fingle life, undue delay of marriage1; having more wives or husbands than one at the same time'; unjust divorce or desertion'; idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, unchafte company'; lafcivious fongs, books, pictures, dancings, ftage-plays;

walk with ftretched-forth necks and wanton eyes.-2 Pet. 2. 13. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot ceafe from fin.

v Prov. 7. 10, 13. And. behold there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and fubtil of heart. So fhe caught him and kiffed him, and with an impudent face faid unto him.

w 1 Tim. 4. 3. Forbidding

to marry.

x Lev. 18. I.-21.

y 2 Kings 23. 7. He (Jofiah) brake down the houses of the fodomites that were by the houfe of the Lord.-Lev. 19. 29. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; left the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.-Jer. 5.7. How fhall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forfaken me. When I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and affem bled themfelves by troops in the harlots' houses.

z Matthew 19. 10. II.

a Tim. 5. 14, 15. I will therefore that the younger women marry for fome are already turned afide after Satan.Gen. 38. 26.

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b Matthew 19. 5. this caufe fhall a man leave father and mother, and fhall cleave to his wife; and they twain shall be one flesh. Cor. 7.2.

c Matthew 5. 32. But I fay unto you, that whofoever fhail put away his wife, faving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery; and whofoever shall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery, Mat. 2. 16.

d See before letter k. 1 Cor. 7. 12, 13.

e Ezek. 16. 49. Behold this was the iniquity of thy fifter Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her fee letter y.

f Eph. 5. 11. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Prov. 5. 8

g Rom. 13. 13. Let us walk

and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleannefs either in ourselves or others.

Q140. Which is the eighth commandment? A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not fleal'.

Q. 141. What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?

A. The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man"; rendering to every one his due'; reftitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof; giving and lending freely, accord

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from them who live in error, &c.

i Exod. 20. 15.

k Pfa. 15.2, 4. He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.-Mic. 6. 8. What doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly? Zech. 8. 16.

I Rom. 13. 7. Render to all their dues, tribute to whom tribute, &c.

m Lev. 6. 4, 5-He fhall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, or all that about which he hath fworn falsely, &c. Luke 19. 8.

ing to our abilities, and the neceffities of others", moderation of our judgments, wills and affections concerning worldly goods; a provident care and study to get, keep, ufe and difpofe of thofe things which are neceffary and convenient for the fuftentation of our nature, and suitable to our conditions; a lawful calling", and diligence in it'; frugality'; avoiding unnecessary law-fuits, and furetifhip, or other like engage

n Deut. 15. 7, 8, 10-Thou fhalt not harden thine heart, nor fhut thine hand from thy poor brother; but thou fhalt open thine hand wide unto him, and fhalt furely lend him fufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth-Thou shalt furely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou giveft unto him.-Gal. 6, 10. Luke 6. 30, 38.

o1 Tim. 8. 9. Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptations and a fnare, and into many foolish and hurtful lufts, which drown men in deftruction and perdition.

p1 Tim. 5. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and fpecially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is worse than an infidel.

q Prov. 27. 23. 27. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds; for riches are not for ever, &c.-Eccl. 3. 12, 13. I know that there is no good in

them, but for a man to rejoice and to do good in his life: It is the gift of God.1 Tim. 6. 17, 18. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate.

r Eph. 4. 28. Let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good.-Eccl. 9. 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. Rom. 12. 5,-8.

f Prov. 10. 4. The hand of the diligent maketh rich. Rom. 12.11. Not flothful in business, fervent in fpirit; ferving the Lord.

t Prov. 12. 27.-The fub

ftance of a diligent man is precious, and 21. 20, There is a treasure to be defired; and oil in the dwelling of the wife, but a foolish man spendeth it up.-John 6. 12.

v1 Cor. 6. 7. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another.

ments,,; and an endeavour by all just and lawful means to procure, preferve, and further the wealth and outward eftate of others, as well as

our own.

Q. 142. What are the fins forbidden in the eighth commandment ?

A. The fins forbidden in the eighth commandment, befide the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiv

w Prov. 11. 15. He that is furety for a ftranger fhall fmart for it; and he that hateth furetifhip is fure. Prov, 6. 1—5.

x Lev. 25. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a fojourner. Deut 22. I-4. Exod. 23. 4, 5. Phil. 2. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man alfo on the things of others.

y Prov. 23. 21. Drowfinefs fhall clothe a man with rags. I John 3. 17. But whofo hath this world's good, and feeth his brother have need, and fhutteth up his bowels of compaf. fion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? James 2. 15, 16.

z Eph. 4. 28. Let him that ftole fteal no more.

a Pía. 62. 10. Become not vain in robbery.

b 1 Tim. I. 10. (The law is made) for whoremongers,

for them that defile themselves with mankind, for men-stealers. [This crime among the Jews expofed the perpetrators of it to capital punishment; Exod. 21. 16. and the apostle here claffes them with finners of the first rank. The word he uses, in its original import, comprehends all who are concerned in bringing any of the human race into flavery, or in detaining them in it. Hominum fures, qui fervos vel liberos abducunt, retinent, vendunt vel emunt. Stealers of men are all thofe, who bring off flaves or frecmen, and keep, fell, or buy them -To fteal a freeman, fays Grotius, is the higheft kind of theft. In other inftances we only fteal human property, but when we fteal or retain men in flavery, we feize thofe, who in common with ourselves, are conftituted, by the original grant, lords of the earth. Gen. 1. 28. Vid. Poli fynopfin in loc.]

B b

ing any thing that is stolen"; fraudulent dealinga, falfe weights and measures, removing landmarks', injuftice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, or in matters of trust"; oppreflion', extortion', ufury', briberyTM, vexatious law-fuits", unjust inclosures and depredation"; ingroffing commodities to enhance the

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e Prov. II. I. A falfe ba lance is abomination to the Lord. Prov. 20. 10. Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord,

f Deut. 19. 14. Thou fhalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark, which they of old time have fet in thine inheritance. Prov. 23. 10.

g Amos 8. 5. Making the ephah fmall, and the fhekel great, and falfifying the balances by deceit. Pía. 37. 21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.

h Luke 16. 11. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

Ezek, 22. 29. The people

of the land have used oppref fion. Lev. 25. 17. Ye fhall not therefore opprefs one another; but thou shalt fear thy God.

k Mat. 23. 25- Woe unto you fcribes and Pharifees, hypocrites: for ye make clean the outfide of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excefs. Ezek. 22.12. Thou haft greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and haft forgotten me, faith the Lord God.

Pfa. 15. 5. He that putteth not out his money to ufury.

m Job 15. 34. Fire fhall consume the tabernacles of bribery. Ifa. 33. 15.

n Prov. 3. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. I Cor. 6. 7.

o Ifa. 5. 8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may he placed alone in the midft of the earth. Mic. 2. 2. They covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away.

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