A39662:1883
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. 10. What's the fourth Sin forbidden in this Commandment?
A. It forbids all inward grudgings at, and envyings of the enjoyments of others, whether they be inward Goods of the Mind, or outward belonging to the Body; 1 Cor. 13.4. —Charity envieth not, &c.
Q. 11. What's the mischief of Covetousness?
A. It distracts the Heart in Duties, Ezek. 33.31. And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee, as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them; for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Provokes the wrath of God, Isa. 57.17. For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him, &c. And where it reigns, it becomes Idolatry,