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The Shorter Catechism,
Q. The seventh commandment, tell me, which is it?70
A. 'Tis, Thou shalt not adultery commit.
Q. And what doth this command from us require?71
A. A chaste behaviour and subdued desire a.
a 1 Thess. įv. 4. Eph. v. 11, 12. 2 Tim. ii. 22. Col. iv. 6. 1 Pet. iii. 2.
Q. What doth the seventh commandment disallow?72
A. All violation of the marriage vow;
All actions, gestures, likewise words obscene a,
And all desires and thoughts that are unclean b.
a Eph. v. 3, 4. b Matt. v. 29.
Q. Which is the eighth command? A. Commit no stealth.73
Q. And what doth it require? A. T'augment the wealth
Of others a and ourselves b, as means afford74
That are consistent with God's holy word.
a Lev. xxv. 35. Phil. ii. 4. b Rom. xii. 17. Prov. xxvii. 23.
Q. And what doth it forbid? A. To cheat or steal,75
Or act against our own a or others' weal b.
a 1 Tim. v. 8. b Prov. xxviii. 19. chap. xxi. 6. Job xx. 19, 20.
Q. Which is the ninth command, can you declare? 76
A. Do not false witness 'gainst thy neighbour bear.
Q. What is required in the ninth command? 77
A. To keep inviolate truth's sacred band;
'Tween man and man its blessings to promote,
And chiefly when our testimony's sought a.
a Zech. iii. 16. 1 Pet. iii. 16. Acts xxv. 10. 3 John 12.
Q. And what doth it forbid mankind to do? 78
A. To utter whatsoever is not true a;
Or act in any way that may defame
The honour of our own b or neighbour's name c.
a Rom. iii. 13 b. Job xxvii. 5. c Psalm xv. 3.
Q. Which is the tenth command? A. 'Tis, Covet not79
Thy neighbour's house, thy neighbour's wife, nor
That doth to him in any way pertain,[ought
His ox, his ass, his servants, or his gain.
