Catechism
"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 any thing that is thy neighbour's."
Q. What is required in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our neighbour and all which is his.
Q. What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?
A. The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own state, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbour, and all inordinate motions and affections to any thing which is his.
Q. 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, but daily doth
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