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contentedness_n and_o self-denial_n atheism_n affront_v the_o worship_n of_o god_n and_o covetousness_n disorder_v the_o society_n of_o man_n that_o will_v acknowledge_v no_o god_n and_o this_o will_v have_v no_o neighbour_n wherefore_o it_o be_v well_o place_v at_o the_o bottom_n of_o the_o second_o table_n as_o the_o master-sin_n the_o great_a enemy_n of_o charity_n and_o that_o which_o all_o the_o other_o transgression_n resolve_v themselves_o into_o the_o other_o precept_n indeed_o hold_v thy_o hand_n that_o thou_o may_v do_v thy_o neighbour_n no_o wrong_n this_o hold_v thy_o heart_n that_o thou_o may_v wish_v he_o none_o here_o be_v the_o sin_n forbid_v thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v and_o the_o object_n particular_o express_v either_o for_o profit_n or_o pleasure_n thy_o neighbour_n house_n his_o wife_n his_o man_n servant_n his_o maid_n his_o ox_n and_o his_o ass_n and_o then_o general_o propose_v nor_o any_o thing_n that_o be_v thy_o neighbour_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v or_o desire_v this_o strike_v at_o inordinate_a affection_n at_o concupiscence_n which_o be_v that_o root_n of_o bitterness_n thou_o shall_v not_o out_o of_o envy_n to_o thy_o neighbour_n or_o out_o of_o love_n to_o thyself_o for_o so_o one_o of_o the_o word_n in_o deuteronomie_n signify_v reciprocâ_fw-la thou_o shall_v not_o desire_v to_o thyself_o desire_v any_o thing_n away_o from_o he_o thy_o neighbour_n house_n his_o convenience_n of_o habitation_n the_o place_n of_o his_o abode_n where_o he_o have_v pitch_v his_o tent_n for_o his_o security_n and_o gather_v the_o comfort_n of_o his_o life_n about_o he_o be_v it_o a_o fair_a or_o strong_a building_n seat_v in_o a_o better_a air_n encompass_v with_o better_a neighbour_n and_o furnish_v with_o better_a commodity_n of_o life_n thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v thy_o neighbour_n wife_n this_o be_v not_o a_o distinct_a command_n from_o the_o former_a for_o it_o be_v the_o act_n not_o the_o object_n which_o make_v the_o sin_n and_o so_o the_o 9_o apostle_n quote_v it_o thou_o shall_v not_o covet_v and_o it_o be_v plain_a that_o house_n &_o wife_n be_v not_o mean_v for_o several_a precept_n though_o the_o one_o be_v covet_v out_o of_o avarice_n the_o other_o out_o of_o lust_n for_o here_o follow_v other_o thing_n in_o the_o former_a way_n of_o covet_v as_o the_o ox_n and_o the_o ass_n but_o for_o particular_a instance_n only_o the_o enumertaion_n therefore_o end_v with_o a_o etc._n etc._n and_o all_o that_o be_v thy_o neighbour_n the_o house_n be_v reckon_v first_o and_o then_o the_o housekeeper_n the_o wife_n to_o teach_v the_o man_n that_o he_o must_v first_o provide_v a_o livelihood_n and_o way_n of_o subsistence_n before_o he_o think_v of_o a_o wife_n and_o to_o put_v the_o woman_n in_o mind_n that_o she_o ought_v to_o be_v a_o housewife_n not_o to_o be_v a_o gadder_n abroad_o or_o live_v at_o random_n