Q. 71. What is required in the seventh
commandment?
A. The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our
neighbour's chastity, in heart, speech, and behaviour.(1)
(1) I Cor. 7:2-3, 5, 34, 36; Col. 4:6;
I Pet. 3:2.
Q. 72. What is forbidden in the
seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and
actions.(1)
(1) Matt.
15:19
;
5:28
; Eph.
5:3-4.
Q. 73. Which is the eighth
commandment?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal.(1)
(1) Exod.
20:15
.
Q. 74. What is required in the eighth
commandment?
A. The eighth commandment requireth the lawful procuring and furthering
the wealth and outward estate of ourselves and others.(1)
(1) Gen. 30:30; I Tim. 5:8; Lev. 25:35;
Deut. 22:1-5; Exod. 23:4-5; Gen. 47:14, 20.
Q. 75. What is forbidden in the eighth
commandment?
A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder
our own or our neighbour's wealth or outward estate.(1)
(1) Prov.
21:17
;
23:20
-21; 28:19;
Eph.
4:28
.
Q.
76. What is the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbour.(1)
(1) Exod. 20:16.
Q. 77. What is required in the ninth
commandment?
A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth
between man and man,(1) and of our own and our neighbour's good name,(2)
especially in witness-bearing.(3)
(1) Zech. 8:16.
(2) III John 12.
(3) Prov. 14:5, 25.
Q. 78. What is forbidden in the ninth
commandment?
A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or
injurious to our own or our neighbour's good name.(1)
(1) I Sam. 17:28; Lev.
19:16; Ps. 15:3.
Q. 79. Which is the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's
house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his
maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.(1)
(1) Exod. 20:17.
Q. 80. What is required in the tenth
commandment?
A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own
condition,(1) with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our
neighbour, and all that is his.(2)
(1) Heb. 13:5; I Tim. 6:6.
(2) Job 31:29; Rom.
12:15; I Tim.
1:5; I Cor. 13:4-7.
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