A Most Familiar Explanation of the Assemblies Shorter Catechism
Question 80
On Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 80
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What is required in the tenth Commandment?
The tenth Commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his.
What frame of spirit doth the tenth Commandment require us to have, with reference to our own condition?
Contentment.
What degree of contentment?
Full contentment.
What frame of spirit doth it require us to have with reference to our neighbour?
A right and charitable frame of spirit.
Towards himself only?
Towards him, and all that is his.
What is that right and charitable frame of spirit towards our neighbours? Is it to think no evil of them (without manifest cause) and to wish no evil to them, and to rejoice in their joy, and mourn in their affliction?
Yes.
In what Commandment is contentment with our own condition, and a sympathizing, or fellow feeling with our neighbour in his condition, required?
In the tenth.
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