WLC 146

Q146. Which is the tenth commandment?

The tenth commandment is, Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's.

Proof texts

• Ex. 20:17 — [17] “You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's.”

For discussion

1. The Assembly cited Ex. 20:17 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
2. WSC Q45 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
3. HC Q92 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
4. The Assembly divided over this: Justification and the Antinomian Crisis. How do you secure sola fide without letting the law fall away? What turns on the answer?

Read alongside

WSC Q45 · HC Q92