ing at the deferved credit of any r, endeavouring or defiring to impair it, rejoicing in their difgrace and infamy t fcornful contempt v, fond admiration w; breach of lawful promifes; 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. but doting about questions and ftrifes of words, whereof cometh envy, ftrife, railings, evil furmifings. r Numb. xi 29. And Mofes faid unto him, Envieft thou for my fake? would God that all the Lord's people were prophets, and that the Lord would put his fpirit upon them. Matth xxi. 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 fon of David; they were fore difpleafed. Ezra iv. 12. Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us, are come unto Jerufalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have fet up the walls thereof, and joined the foundation. v. 13. Be it known now únto the king, that if this city be builded, and the walls fet up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and fo thou fhalt endamage the revenue of the kings. t Jer. xlviii. 27. For was not If rael a derifion unto thee? was he found among thieves? for fince thou fpakeft of him, thou fkippedit for joy. v Pfal. xxxv 15. But in mine adverfity they rejoiced, and gathered themfelves together: yea, the abjects gathered themfelves together against me. v. 16. With hypocri tical mockers in feats they gnath ed upon me with their teeth. v. 21. Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and faid, Aha, aha, dur eye hath feen it. Matth. xxvii. Q. 146. 28. And they stripped him, and put on him a fcarlet robe. v. 29. And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, faying, Hail king of the Jews. and w Jude 16. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lufts; and their mouth fpeaketh great fwelling words, having mens perfons in admiration because of ad vantage. Acts xii. 22. And the people gave a fhout, faying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. a Rom. i. 31. Without understanding, covenant-breakers.2. Tim. iii. 3. Without natural affection, truce-breakers, false accusers.— y 1 Sam. ii. 24. Nay, my fons : for it is no good report that I hear; ye make the Lord's people to tranfgrefs. z 2 Sam. xiii. 12. And the an fwered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me: for no luch thing ought to be done in Ifrael; do not thou this folly v. 13. And I, whither thall I caufe my fhame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Ifrael: now therefore,-Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Left thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel. Prov. vi. 33. A wound and dihonour hall he get, and his reproach fhall not be wiped away. 146. a Exod. Rr v. 9. 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 commandment? A. The duties required in the tenth commandment are, fuch a full contentment with our condition b, and fuch a charitable frame of the whole foul toward neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him, tend unto, and further all that good which is his c. Q. 148. What are the fins forbidden in the tenth command ment? A. The fins forbidden in the tenth commandment are, difcontentment with our own eftate d; envying 146. a Exod. xx. 17, 147. 6 Heb. xiii. 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, nor forfake. thee. 1 Tim. vi. 6. But godlinefs with contentment in great gain.. c Job xxxi. 29. If I rejoiced at the deftruction of him that hated me, or lift up myself when evil found him. Rom. xii. 15. Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. Pfal, cxxii. 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. v. 9. Because of the house of the Lord our God, I will feek thy good. I Tim. i. 5. Now the end of the commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good confcience, and of faith unfeigned. Efth. x. 3. For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accept ed of the multitude of his brethren, feeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his feed, 1 Cor. xiii. 4. Charity fuffereth long, and is kind; charity envie th not: charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. v. 5. Doth not behave itself unfeemly, feeketh not her own, is not eafily provoked, thinketh no evil. v. 6. Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth: v. 7. Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 148. d 1 Kings xxi. 4. And Ahab came into his houfe, heavy and difpleafed, because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had fpoken to him: for he had faid, 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. Efth. v. 13. Yet all this availeth me nothing, fo long as I fee Mordecai the Jew fitting at the king's gate. I Cor, x. 10. Neither murmur ye, as fome of them alfo murmured, and were deftroyed of the destroyer. e Gal. vying e, and grieving at the good of our neighbourf, toge ther with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his g. Q. 149. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God? A. No man is able, either of himself b, or by any grace received in this life, perfectly to keep the commandments of God i; envy Gal. v. 26. Let us not be defirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. Jam. iii. 14. But if ye have bitter ing and ftrife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. v. 16. For where envying and ftrife is, there is confufion, and every evil work. f Pfal. cxii. 9. He hath difperfed, he hath given to the poor; his righteoufnefs endureth for ever; his horn fhall be exalted with honour. V. 10. The wicked shall fee it, and be grieved; he shall gnafh with his teeth, and melt away: the defire of the wicked fhall 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 feek the welfare of the children of Ifrael. g Rom. vii. 7. What shall we fay then? Is the law fin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known fin, but by the law: for I had not known luft, except the law had faid, Thou shalt not covet. v. 8. But fin taking occafion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupifcence. For without the law fin was dead. Rom. xiii. 9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou fhalt not kill, Thou shalt not fteal, Thou fhalt not bear falfe witness, Thou fhalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this faying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleannefs, inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufnefs, which is idolatry. Deut. v. 21. Neither fhalt thou defire thy neighbour's wife, neither fhalt thou covet thy neighbour's houfe, his field, or his manfervant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his afs, or any thing that is thy neighbours. 149. b Jam. iii. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in the word, the fame is à perfect man, and able alfo 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 fame bringeth forth much fruit: for without me he can do nothing. Rom. viii. 3. For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God fendiug his own Son, in the likeness of finful flesh, and for fin condemned fin in the flesh. i Eccl. vii. 20. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doth good and finneth not. 1 John i. 8. If we fay that we have no fin, we deceive ourselves, 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. v. 17. For the flesh lufteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flefh: and thefe are contrary the one to the other; fo that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. God i; but doth daily break them in thought k, word and deed 1. Q. 150. Are all tranfgreffions of the law of God equally heinous in themfelves, and in the fight of God? A. All tranfgreffions of the law of God are not equally heinous; but fome fins in themselves, and by reafon of fe veral aggravations, are more heinous in the fight of God that others m. Q.151. What are these aggravations that make fome fins more heinous than others? Rom. vii. 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 is good, 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. vi. 5. And God faw that the wickednefs of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. viii. 21.And the Lord faid in his heart, I will not again curfe the ground any more for man's fake; 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 fin; v. 10. As it is written, There is none righteous, no not one. v. 11. There is none that understandeth, there 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 open fepulchre; 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 A. Sins ways: v. 17. And the ways of peace have they not known y 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 topped, and all the world may become guil ty before God. Jam. iii. from verf. 2. to 13. For in many things we of fend all. 150. m John xix 11. Jefus anfwered, Thou couldst have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater fin. Ezek. viii. 6. But turn thee yet again, and thou shalt fee greater abominations. V. 13 Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt fee greater abominations that they do. v. 15.-Turn thee yet again, and thou fhalt fee greater abomination's than thefe. 1 John v. 16. If any man fee his brother fin a fin which is not unto death, he fhall afk, and he thall 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. Ixxviii. 17. And they finned yet more against him. by provoking the Moft High in the wilderness. v. 32. For all this they finned still: and believed not for his wonderous works. v. 56. Yet they tempted and pró voked A. Sins receive their aggravations, 1. From the perfons offending n: if they be of ri per age o, greater experience or grace p, eminent, for profeffion q, gifts r, place f, office t, guides to O` thers voked the most High God, and kept not his teftimonies. 151. Jer. ii. 8. The priests faid not, Where is the Lord? and they that handle the law, knew me not: the paitors alfo tranfgreffed againft me, and the prophets prophefied by Baal, and walked after things that 'do not profit. • fob xxx 7. I fard, Days fhould fpeak, and multitude of years fhould teach wisdom. V. 9. Great men are not always wife: neither do the aged underfland judgment. Eccl. iv. 13. Better is a poor and a wife child, than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonifhed. PI Kings xi. 4. For it came to pafs 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. V. 9. And the Lord was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Ifrael, which had appeared unto him twice. q 2 Sam. xii. 14. Howbeit, be caufe by this deed thou haft given great occafion to the enemies of the Lord to blafpheme, the child also that is born unto thee, thall furely die. I Cor. v. I. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and fuch fornication, as is not fo much as named amongst the Gentiles, that one fhould have his father's wife. r James iv. 17. Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doth it not, to him it is fin. Luke xii. 47. And that fervant which knew his Lord's will, and prepared not himself, 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 whomfoever much is given, of him fhall be much required and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. Jer. v. 4. Therefore I faid, Surely thefe are poor, they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. v. 5. I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto 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. 7 2 Sam. xii. 7. And Nathan faid to David, Thou art the man. Thus faith the Lord God of Ifrael, I anointed thee king over Ifrael,— v. 8. And I gave thee thy maiter's houfe, and thy malter's wives into thy bofom, and gave thee the houfe of 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 despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his fight? Ezek. viii. 11. And there ftood before them feventy mea of the ancients of the houfe of If. rael, and in the midst of them itood Jaazaniah the fon of Shaphan, with every man his cenfer in his hand. and a thick cloud of incenfe weat up. v. 12. Then faid he unto me, |