. (v)
v Ex. 20:13
Q. 73. What is required in the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth commandment requireth all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life w and the life of others. (x)
w Eph. 5:28,29 x 1 Kings 18:4
Q. 74. What is forbidden in the sixth commandment?
A. The sixth commandment absolutely forbiddeth the taking away of our own life, or the life of our neighbour unjustly, or whatsoever tendeth thereunto. (y)
y Acts 26:28; Gen. 9:9
Q. 75. Which is the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery. (z)
z Ex. 20:14
Q. 76. What is required in the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment requireth the preservation of our own and our neighbors chastity, in heart, speech, and behavior. (a)
a 1 Cor. 7:2, 3, 5, 34, 36; Col. 4:6; 1 Pet. 3:2
Q. 77. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
A. The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions. (b)
b Mt. 15:19, 5:28; Eph. 5:3, 4
Q. 78. Which is the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment is, Thou shalt not steal. (c)
c Ex. 20:15
Q. 79. 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. (d)
d Gen. 30:30; 1 Tim. 5:8; Lev. 25:35; Deut. 22:1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Ex. 23:4, 5; Gen. 47:14, 20
Q. 80. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment?
A. The eighth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever doth or may unjustly hinder our own e or our neighbour’s wealth or outward estate. (f)
e 1 Tim. 5:8; Pr. 28:19 f Pr. 21:17, and 23:20, 21; Eph. 4:28
Q. 81. Which is the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment is, Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. (g)
g Ex. 20:16
Q. 82. What is required in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment requireth the maintaining and promoting of truth between man and man,h and of our own neighbour’s good name (h), especially in witnessbearing. (i)
h Jn. 5:12; Zech. 8:16 i Pr. 14:5, 25
Q. 83. What is forbidden in the ninth commandment?
A. The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to the truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbour’s good name. (j)
j 1 Sam. 17:28; Lev. 19:16; Ps. 15:2, 3
Q. 84. 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 man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour’s. (k)
k Ex. 20:17
Q. 85. What is required in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, (l) with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his. (m)
l Heb. 13:5; 1 Tim. 6:6 m Job 31:29; Rom. 7:15; 1 Tim. 1:5; 1 Cor. 8:4, 7
Q. 86. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, (n) envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour, (o) and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his. (p)
n 1 Kg. 21:4; Est. 5:13; 1 Cor. 10:10 o Gal. 5:26; James 3:14, 16 p Rom. 7:7, 8, 13:9; Deut. 5:21
Man’s Need of Salvation
Q. 87. Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?
A. No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, (q) but doth daily break them in thought, word, or deed. (r)
q Ecc. 7:20; 1 John 1:8, 10; Gal. 5:17 r Gen. 4:5, and 7:21; Rom. 3:9-21; James 3:2-13
Q. 88. Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
A. Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others. (s)
s Ez. 8:6, 13, 15; 1 Jn. 5:16; Ps. 78:17, 32, 56
Q. 89. What doth every sin deserve?
A. Every sin deserveth God’s wrath and curse, both in this life and that which is to come. (t)
t Eph. 5:6; Gal. 3:10; Lam. 3:39; Mt. 25:41; Rom. 6:23
The Way of Salvation
Q. 90. What doth God require of us that we may escape his wrath and curse, due to us for sin?
A. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Ch