into Pharaohs house V. 20. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh for the Egyptians sold every man his field because the famine prevailed over them so the land became Pharaoh's Phil. 2. 4. Look not every man at his own things but every man also upon the things of others Mat. 22. 39. And the second is like unto it Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self Q. What are the sins forbidden in the eighth Commandment A. The sins forbidden in the eighth Commandment besides the neglect of the duties required y Jam. 2. 15 16. If a brother or sister be naked and destitute of daily food V. 16. And one of you say to them Depart in peace be ye warmed and filled but give them not those things which are needful to the body what doth it profit 1 John 3. 17. But whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him are theft z Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more but rather c. robbery a Psal 62. 10. Trust not in oppression become not vain in robbery c. man stealing b 1 Tim. 1. 10. The law was made For whoremongers for defilers of themselves with mankind for men stealers for lyers c. and if there be any other thing contrary to sound doctrine and receiving any thing that is stolne c Pro. 29. 24. Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul he heareth cursing and berayeth it not Psal 50. 18. When thou sawest a thief thou consentedst with him c. fraudulent dealing d 1 Thes 4. 6. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter because the Lord is the avenger of all such as we also have forewarned you and testified false weights and measures e Prov. 11. 1. A false balance is an abomination to the Lord but a just weight is his delight Prov. 20. 10. Diverse weights and diverse measures both of them are alike abomination to the Lord. removing land-marks f Deut. 19. 14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark which they of old time have set in thine inheritance c. Prov. 23. 10. Remove not the old land-mark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless injustice and unfaithfulnesse in contracts between man and man g Amos 8. 5. Saying When will the new Moon be gone that we may sell corn and the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat making the Ephah small and the shekel great and falsisying the balances by deceit Psal 37. 21. The wicked borroweth and payeth not again but the righteous sheweth mercy and giveth or in matters of trust h Luk 16. 10 11 12. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much V. 11. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous Mammon who will commit to your trust the true riches V. 12. And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another mans who shall give you that which is your own oppression i Ezek. 22. 29. The people of the land have used oppression and exercised robbery and vexed the poor and needy yea they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully Lev. 25. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppresse one another but thou shalt fear thy God for I am the Lord your God extortion k Mat. 23. 25. Wo unto you Scribes and Pharisces hypocrites for ye make clean the outside of the cup and platter but within they are full of extortion and excesse Ezek. 22. 12. In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood thou hast taken usury and increase and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion and hast forgotten me saith the Lord. usury l Psal 15 5. He that putteth not out his money to usury nor taketh a reward against the innocent he that c. bribery m Job 15. 34. For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate and fire shall consume the Tabernacle of bribery vexatious law-suits n 1 Cor. 6. 6 7 8. But brother goeth to law with brother and that beofre the unbelievers V. 7. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you because ye go to law one with another Why do ye not rather take wrong Why do you not rather suffer your selves to be defrauded V. 8. Nay you do wrong and defraud and that your brethren Prov. 3. 29 30. Devise not evil against thy neighbour seeing he dwelleth securely by thee V. 30. Strive not with a man without cause if he have done thee no harm unjust inclosures and depopulations o Isa 5. 8. Wo unto them that join house to house and lay field to field till there be no place that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth Meh 2. 2. And they covel fields and take them by violence and houses and take them away so they oppresse a man and his house even a man and his heritage ingrossing commodities to enhance the price p Pro. 11. 26. He that withholdeth corn the people shall curse him but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it unlawful callings q Act. 19. 19-24 25. Many also of them which used curious arts brought their books together and burned them before all men and they counted the price of them and found it 50000 pieces of silver V. 24. For a certain man named Demetrius a Silver-smith who made silver shrines for Diana brought no small gain unto the Crafts-men V. 25. Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation and said Sirs ye know that by this craft we have our wealth and all other unjust or sinfull wayes of taking or with-holding from our neighbour what belongs to him or of inriching our selves r Job 20. 19. Because he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor because he hath violently taken away an house which he built not Jam. 5. 4. Behold the hire of the labourers which have reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud cryeth and the cryes of them which have reaped are entred into the ears of the Lord of Sabbath Prov. 21. 6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed too and fro of them that seek death covetousnesse Å¿ Luk. 12. 15. And he said unto them Take heed and bewere of covetousnesse for a mans life consisteth not in the abundance of the things that he possesseth inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods t 1 Tim. 6. 5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godlinesse from which withdraw thy self Col. 3. 2. Set your affections on things above not on things on the earth Prov. 23. 5. Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not for riches certainly
in the land of Egypt and Canaan for the corn which they bought and Josâ—ph brought the money into Pharaohs house v. 20. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh for the Egypâ—ians sold every man his field because the famine prevailed over them so the land became Pharaoh's Q. What is forbidden in the eighth Commandment A. The eighth Commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own or our neighbors wealth or outward estate (l) Prov. 23. 20 21. Be not amongst wine bibbâ—rs amongst riotous eaters of flesh v. 21. for the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty and drowsiness shall cloath a man with rags Prov. 28. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenâ—y of bread but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough Eph. 4. 28. Let him â—hat stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing that is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Q. What is the ninth Commandment A. The ninth Commandment is Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour (m) Exod. 20. 16. Q. What is required in the ninth Commandment A. The ninth Commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man (n) Zech. 8. 16. These are the things that ye shall do speak ye every man the truth to his neighbor execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates and of our own and of our neighbours good names (o) 3 Joh. v. 12. Demetrius had good report of all men and of the truth it self yea and we also bear record and ye know that our record is true especially in witness bearing (p) Prov. 14. 5. A faithful witness will not lie but a false witness will utter lies V. 25. A true witness delivereth souls but a deceitful witness speaketh lies Q. What is forbidden in the ninth Commandment A. The ninth Commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth or injurious to our own or our neighbors good name (q) 1 Sam. 17. 28. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spâ—ke unto the men and Eliabs anger was kindled against David and he said why camest thou down hither and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness I know thy pride and the naughtiness of thy heart for thou are come down that thou mightest see the battel Lev. 19. 16. Thou shall not go up and down as a tale bearer among thy people neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor I am the Lord. Psal 15. 3. He that backbiteth not with his tongue nor doth evil to his neighbor nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbor Q What is the tenth Commandment A. The tenth Commandment is Thou shalt not covet thy neighbors house thou shalt not covet thy neighbors wife nor his man-servant nor his maid-servant nor his ox nor his asse nor any thing that is thy neighbors (r) Exod. 20 17. Q. What is required in the tenth Commandment A. The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition (Å¿) Heb. 13. 5. Let your conversation be without covetousness and be content with such things as you have for he hath said I will never leave thee nor forsake thee 1 Tim. 6. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour and all that is his (t) Job 31. 29. If I rejoyced at the destruction of him that hated me or lift up my self when evil found him Rom. 12. 15. Rejoyce with them that do rejoyce and weep with them that weep 1 Tim. 1. 5. Now the end of the Commandment is charity out of a pure bea rt and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned 1 Cor. 13. 4 5 6 7. Charity suffereth long and is kind charity envieth not charity vaunteth not it self is not puffed up V. 5. Doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil V. 6. Rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth in the truth V. 7. Beareth all things believeth all things hopeth all things endureth all things Q. What is forbidden in the tenth Commandment A. The tenth Commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate (u) 1 Kin. 21. 4. And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Nâ—both 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 5. 13. Yet all this availeth mâ— nothing so long as I see Mordecal the Jew sitting at the Kingsgate 1 Cor. 10. 10. Neither murmur ye as some of them also murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour * Gal. 5. 26. Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another envying one another I am 3. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts glory not and lie not against the truth V. 16. For where envying and strife is there is confusion and every evil work and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his (x) Rom. 7. 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 except the law had said thou shalt not covet V. 8. But sin taking occasion by the commandment wrought in me all manner of concupiscence for without the law sin was dead Rom. 13. 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 thy self Deut. 5. 21. Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbours wife neither shalt thou covet thy neighbours house his field or man servant or his maid-servant his â—xe â—r his asse or any thing that is thy neighbours Q. Is any man able perfectly to keep the Commandments of God A. No meer man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the Commandments of God (y) Eccl. 7. 20. For there is not a just man on earth that doth good and sinneth not 1 Joh. 1. 8. If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us V. 10. If we say that we have not sinned we make him a liar and his word is not in us Gal. 5. 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 but doth daily break them in thought word and deed (z) Gen. 6. 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the
he hath sinned and is guilty that he shall restore that which he toâ—k violently away or â—he thing which he hath deceitfully gotâ—en or that which was delivered him to keep or the lost thing which he found V. 5. Or all that about which he hath sworn falsly he shall even restore it in the principal and shall add the fifth part more thereâ—o and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth in the day of his Trespass offering Compared with Luke 19. 8. And Zacheus stood and said unto the Lord Behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I havâ— taken any thing from any man by false accusation I resâ—ore him four fold giving and lending freely according to our abilities and the necessities of others n Luke 6. 30-38 Give to every man that asketh of thee and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again V. 38. Give and it shall be given unto you good measure pressed down and shaken together and runing over shall men give into your bosome for with the same measure that you mete it shall be measured to you again 1 Joh. 3. 17. But whoso hath this worlds good and seeth his brother hath need and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him how dwelleth the love of God in him Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing that is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Gal. 6. 10. As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them that are of the houshold of faith moderation of our judgements wills and affections concerning woâ—ldly goods o 1 Tim. 6. 6 7 8 9. But godliness with contentment is great gain V. 7. For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out V. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content V. 9. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition Gal. 6. 14. But God forbid that I should glory save in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ by whom the world is crucified to me and I unto the world a provident care and study to get p 1 Tim. 5. 8 But if any provide not for his own espeically for those of his own house he hath denied the faith and is worse then an infidel keep use and dispose those things which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature and suitable to our condition q Pro. 27. from v. 23. to the end Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks and look well to thy herds V. 24. For riches are not for ever c. Eccles 2 24. There is nothing better for a man then that he should eat and drink and make his soul enjoy good in his labour This also I saw was from the hand of God Eccl. 3. 12 13. I know that there is no good in them but for a man to rejoyce and do good in his life V. 13. And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labours it is the gift of God 1 Tim. 6. 17 18. Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high minded nor trust in uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy V. 18. That they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate Isa 38. 1. In those dayes was Hezekiah sick unto death and Isaiah the Prophet came to him and said Thus saith the Lord Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live Mat. 11. 8. Behold they that wea soft clothing are in kings houses a lawful calling r 1 Cor. 7. 20. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called Gen. 2. 15. And the Lord God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it Gen. 3. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return unto the ground c. and diligence in it Å¿ Eph. 4. 28. Let him that stole steal no more but rather let him labour working with his hands the thing that is good that he may have to give to him that needeth Pro. 10. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand but the hand of the diligent maketh rich frugality t Joh. 6. 12. When they were filled he said unto his Disciples Gather up the fragments that remain that nothing be lost Prov. 21. 20. There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwellings of the wise but a foolish man spendeth it up avoiding unnecessary law-suits u 1 Cor. 6. from vers 1. to vers 9. Dare any of you having a matter against another go to law before the unjust and not before the Saints and so on and suretiship or other like ingagements * Prov. 6. From verse 1. to ver 6. My son if thou be surety for thy friend if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger thou art snared with the words of thy mouth c. Prov. 11. 15. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it and he that hateth suretiship is sure and an endeavour by all just and lawful means to procure preserve and further the wealth and outward estate of others as well as our own x Lev. 25. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor and fallen to decay with thee then thou shalt relieve him yea though he be a stranger or a sojourner that he may live with thee Deut. 22. 1 2 3 4. Thou shalt not see thy brothers ox or his sheep go astray and hide thy selfe from them thou shalt in any case bring them back again unto thy brother V. 2. And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee or if thou know him not then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it and thou shalt restore it to him again V. 3. In like manner shalt thou do with his Asse and with his raiment and with all lost things of thy brothers that thou hast found thou maist not hide thy self V. 4. Thou shalt not see thy brothers ox or his assfall down by the way and hide thy selfe from them thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again Exod. 23. 4 5. If thou meet thine enemies ox or ass going astray thou shalt surely bring it back to him again V. 5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden and wouldest forbear to help him thou shalt surely help with him Gen. 47. 14 20. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and Canaan for the corn which they bought and he brought the money