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 towards our Neighbour, and all that is his.
Doth not the fifth Commandment enjoyn us to give respect to the persons of all men?
Yes. 1 Sam. 1. 15. Acts 16 30. Gen. 23. 7. 1 Pet. 2. 17.
Doth not the sixth Commandment respect our own and our Neighbours Life?
Yes.
And the seventh, our own, and our Neighbours Chastity?
Yes.
And the eighth, our own and our Neighbours wealth and outward estate?
Yes.
And the ninth our own and our Neighbours good Name?
Yes.
And do not all these Laws of God bind the inward as well as the outward man?
Yes.
Doth then the tenth Commandment [Thou shalt not covet] differ from the rest, especially in that it doth forbid and restrain the first motions and inclinations of the heart to sin, before the consent of the will?
Yes.
What duties are required in this Commandment?
Chiefly two; 1. Full contentment with our own condition.a
What is meant by contentment?
Complacency and satisfaction of mind with our own condition whatever it is.b
What is the other duty here chiefly required?
A right and charitable frame of Spirit towards our Neighbour, and all that is his.
What mean you by that?
That disposition of mind, whereby we think and wish well to our Neighbour, and do readily and suitably sympathize, or have a fellow-feeling with him in any condition he is in.c
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