Question 110

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What doth God forbid in the eighth command?

God forbids not only those thefts,^a and robberies, which are punishable by the magistrate;^b but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we design to appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to our neighbour:^c whether it be by force, or under the appearance of right; as by unjust weights,^d ells, measures, fraudulent merchandise,^e false coins, usury, or by any other way forbidden by God;^f as also all covetousness, all abuse and waste of his gifts.^g

Proofs

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Commentary

Jeremias Bastingius, A Catechisme of Christian Religion, with the Arguments and Use (1591), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on this question
Zacharias Ursinus, The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), on Q. 110–111

Related texts

An Orthodox Catechism (1680) Q. 130

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