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restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof; giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others "; moderation of our judgments, wills, and affections concerning worldly goods °; a provident care and study to get P, keep, use, and dispose these things, which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, and suitable to our condition; a

all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due, custom to whom custom, fear to whom fear, honour to whom honour.

m Lev. vi. 2. If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the Lord, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neigh. bour; Ver. 3. Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning stit, and sweareth falsely; in any of all hthese that a man doeth, sinning therein: Ver 4. Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, Ver. 5. Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. Compared with Luke xix. 8. And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if f I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.

n Luke vi. 30. Give to every man that asketh of thee: and of him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. Ver. 38. Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. 1 John iii. 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shut

teth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? Eph iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no more; but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Gal vi. 10. As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.

o 1 Tim. vi. 6. But godliness with contentment is great gain. Ver. 7. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. Ver. 8. And having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. Ver 9. But they that will be rich fall into temptation, and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. Gal vi. 14 But God forbid that 1 should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.

p 1 Tim. v. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel

q Prov. xxvii. from Verse 23, to the end. Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. Ver. 24. For riches are not for ever,-Eccl. ii. 24. There is nothing better for a man, than tha he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. Eccl. iii 12. I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life Ver 13. And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour,

lawful calling, and diligence in it; frugality; avoiding unnecessary law-suits", and suretiship, or other like engagements; and an endeavour, by all just and lawful means, to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and outward estate of others, as well as our own *.

it is the gift of God. 1 Tim. vi. 17. Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy: Ver. 18. That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate. Isa. xxxviii. 1. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death: and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Matt. xi. 8.-Behold, they that wear soft clothing are in king's houses.

r 1 Cor. vii. 20. Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. Gen. ii. 15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, to dress it, and to keep it. Gen. iii. 19. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground:

s Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth Prov. x. 4. He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the di. ligent maketh rich

t John vi. 12. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost Prov. xx1. 20. There is a treasure to be desired, and oil in the dwelling of the wise: but a fool. ish man spendeth it up.

u 1 Cor. vi. from Verse 1. to 9. Dare any of you. having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? &c.

Prov vi. from Verse 1. to 6. My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with

a stranger, thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, &c. Prov. xi. 15: He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it; and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

* Lev. xxv. 35. And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee, then thou shalt relieve him; yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. Deut. xxii. 1. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. Ver. 2. And if thy brother he not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it into thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. Ver. 3. In like manner shalt thou do with his ass, and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost things of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. Ver. 4. Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. Exod. xxiii. 4. If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. Ver. 5. If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. Gen. xlvii 14. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought : and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. Ver. 20. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the

Q. 142. What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?

A. The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, theft, robbery, man-stealing, and receiving any thing that is stolen ©; fraudulent dealing, false weights and measures, removing land-marks f, injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man, or in matters of trusth; oppression, extortion, usury', bribery m, vexatious law-suits",

land became Pharaoh's. Phil. ii. 4. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Mat. xxii. 39. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

142. y James ii. 15. If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food; Ver. 16. And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body, what doth it profit? 1 John iii 17. But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

z Eph. iv. 28. Let him that stole steal no more; but rather

a Psal. Ixii. 10. Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery

6 1 Tim. i. 10. (The law was made) for whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine.

e Prov. xxix. 24. Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. Psal. 1. 18. When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him

d 1 Thess. iv. 6. That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you, and testified.

e Prov. xi. 1. A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Prov. xx. 10.

Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

f Deut. xix. 14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's land-mark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance.-Prov. xxiii. 10. Remove not the old land-mark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless.

g Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? Psal. xxxvii. 21. The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again.

b Luke xvi. 10. He that is faithful in that which is least, is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least, is unjust also in much. Ver 11. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? Ver. 12. And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

i Ezek. xxii. 29. The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy; yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. Lev. xxv. 17. Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the Lord your God.

k Mat. xxiii. 25. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Ezek. xxii. 12. In thee have they taken gifts

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unjust inclosures and depopulations ; ingrossing commodities to enhance the price P; unlawful callings 9, and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbour what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves; covetousness; inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods; distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them "; envying at the prosperity

to shed blood: thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

1 Psal. xv. 5. He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent.

m Job xv. 34. For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.

n 1 Cor. vi. 6. But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. Ver. 7. Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another: why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Ver 8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Prov. iii. 29. Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. Ver. 30. Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.

o Isa. v. 8. Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! Micah ii. 2. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage.

p Prov. xi. 26. He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.

q Acts xix 19. Many also of them which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thou

sand pieces of silver. Ver. 24. For a certain man, named Demetrius, a silver-smith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; Ver. 25. Whom he called together, with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth.

r Job xx. 19. Because he hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not James v.4. Behold. the hire of the labourers, which have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth; and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. Prov. xxi. 6. The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.

s Luke xii 15. And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

t 1 Tim. vi. 5. Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. Col. iii. 2. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Prov. xxiii. 5. `Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? for riches certainly make themselves wings, they fly away as an eagle towards heaven. Psal. lxii. 10-If riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

u Mat. vi. 25. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what shall ye eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye

of others w , as likewise idleness *, prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways, whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate, and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us 2. Q. 143. Which is the ninth commandment?

A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour ".

Q. 144. What are the duties required in the ninth commandment?

A. The duties required in the ninth commandment are, the preserving and promoting of truth between man and man, and the good name of our neighbour, as well as our own appearing and standing for the truth d; and from the

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w Psal lxxiii. 3. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Psal. xxxvii. 1. Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity Ver. Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him: frer not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.

x 2 Thess. iii. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies. Prov. xviii. 9. He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

y Prov xxi. 17. He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man; he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. Prov. xxiit. 20. Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh. Ver 21. For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsinesss shall clothe a man with

rags. Prov. xxviii. 19. He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough.

z Eccl. iv. 8. There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eyes satisfied with riches, neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity; yea, it is a sore travail. Eccl. vi. 2. A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. 1 Tim. v. 8. But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

143. a Exod. xx. 16.

144. b Zech. viii. 16 These are the things that ye shall do, Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour: execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates.

c 3 John, Ver. 12. Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record, and ye know that our record is

true.

d Prov. xxxi. 8. Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. Ver.

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