Question 110

What doth God forbid in the eight commaundement?

Not onely those thefts, & 1 Corinthians 6:10 robberies, which the magistrate punisheth: but by the name of theft he comprehendeth whatsoeuer euil craftes, fetches, and deuises, whereby we seek after other mens goods, & endeuour by force or with some shewe of right to 1 Corinthians 5:10 conueie them ouer vnto our selues: of which sort are, false Luke 3:14; 1 Thessalonians 4:6 weightes, false els, vneuen Proverbs 11:1; 16:11 measures, deceitfull merchandise, coūterfet coine, Ezekiel 45:9; Deuteronomy 25:13 vsurie, or any other way or meanes of furthering our estate, which God hath forbidden. To these we may adde all Psalm 15:5; Luke 6:35 couetousnesse, and the manifolde waste and 1 Corinthians 6:10 abusing of Gods gifts. Proverbs 5:16