A practical exposition of the X. Commandments with a resolution of several momentous questions…A practical exposition of the X. Commandements with a resolution of several momentous questions…

4. We take in here such Concupiscence, as though it approveth not unlawful means to prosecute its inordinate designs, yet it is too eager in the pursuit, and discontent when it falleth short; as for instance, when Ahab would buy Naboths Vineyard and pay for it, or a man would marry such a woman lawfully, supposing she were free, and there were consent of parties, &c. the one is not stealing, nor the other adultery, yet both of them suppose a discontent, when the desire of having is too eager, and when there is an inordinateness in the affection or desire after it; as when one cometh thus peremptorily to desire to have such a thing, or to wish that such a thing were, I would fain have this or that, O that this or that were, even as David longed for a ⟨p. 456⟩drink of the Well of Bethlehem: In a word, we take in all that is opposite to, or inconsistent with satisfaction in our own lot, and love to our Neighbour, under which this Command, as the rest is compreh •nded, Rom. 13.9. even the least risings of any thing tending that way, or that inclineth to discontentment in our selves. It is true, every desire to have something added to our lot, or amended in it, is not to be condemned, but when it is inordinate; as 1. when the thing is not needful; 2. when the desire is too eager; 3. when the thing too much affecteth, and even discontenteth till it be effected and done.

4. We take in here such Concupiscence, as though it approveth not unlawful means to prosecute its inordinate designs, yet it is too eager in the pursuit, and discontent when it falleth short; as for instance, when Achab would buy Naboths Vineyard and pay for it, or a man would marry such a woman lawfully, supposing she were free, and there were consent of parties, &c. the one is not stealing, nor the other adultery, yet both of them suppose a discontent, when the desire of having is too eager, and when there is an inordinateness in the affection or desire after it; as when one cometh thus peremptorily to desire to have such a thing, or to wish that such a thing were, I would fain have this or that, O that this or that were, even as David longed for a ⟨p. 456⟩drink of the Well of Bethlehem: In a word, we take in all that is opposite to, or inconsistent with satisfaction in our own lot, and love to our Neighbour, under which this Command, as the rest is compreh nded,