Question 81

What sin is here forbidden touching our own condition?

Discontentment.

And what is forbidden touching our neighbours condition?

Envy.

What is envy?

Grieving at the good of our neighbour.

May we grieve and grudg at their honour, riches, preferment, esteem, and applause?

No.

Or at their eminency above us in gifts, or graces, or precedency before us, secretly wishing that they stood out of our light?

No.

Is it a sin then inwardly to rejoice in their disgrace, or suppress their deserved commendation, or envy their worth, because they are not of our party, and perswasion?

Yes.

What sin against our neighbour, besides envy, is forbidden in this Commandment?

All inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his.

What do you mean by inordinate motions?

Such as are not ordered rightly according to the rule.

What special evil motion of the mind is here forbidden?

Coveting.

What is it to covet?

Unlawfully to desire that which is not our own.

What must we not covet?

Any thing that is our neighbours.