A39662:1862
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 1. What is the principal scope and aim of the tenth Commandment?
A. It is to prevent all occasions of transgressing the other Precepts of the second Table, by restraining this sin of Covetousness in the heart, Psal. 119.35, 36. Make me to go in the path of thy Commandments: for therein do I delight. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies; and not to covetousness.
Q. 2. What doth this tenth Command require of us in reference to our selves?
A. It requires of us perfect contentment and satisfaction with that estate and condition, wherein God hath placed us in the World, Hebr. 13.5 Let your conversation be without covetousness: and be content with such things as ye have, &c. Reckoning it to be good for us, to be in that state we are, though never so low or afflicted, Psal. 119.67