Question 110

What doth God forbid in the eight commaundement?

Not onely those thefts, &^a robberies, which the magistrate punisheth: but by the name of theft he comprehendeth whatsoeuer euil craftes, fetches, and deuises, whereby we seek after other mens goods, & endeuour by force or with some shewe of right to^b conueie them ouer vnto our selues: of which sort are, false^c weightes, false els, vneuen^d measures, deceitfull merchandise, coūterfet coine,^e vsurie, or any other way or meanes of furthering our estate, which God hath forbidden. To these we may adde all^f couetousnesse, and the manifolde waste and^g abusing of Gods gifts.^h