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344- THE' G OSPEL.. ~AdAz,lN E.' I. , " -- ,_of ,the 'tENTH '.cOM-MANDMEN:T. Ji:~i. not covet thy neighbour's wife; no! his man-Jervant, nor. his maid-It!vant" nor his ox, nor his afs, nor any thing that is ~hy neighkour'~ tj hou /halt not c0'Pet thl1Uighbour,'s h~uft: _tho~ l'HE L~RP bath ann'ded to aH the ·o.fner-corrtmitbdmeiltS this, which we ar,e noW t~ confider:' Ana, it may tend' to man's being humbled and fe1f-a afed in his fight,. for itJeachedi farther than an Of them, namely'to-the inward' denres of the heart, fo tha~ it feems to be '~:dded to tb~ other aia fuli and more clear explication of that' fpiritual ooed'ience wliich is requirea in all the re~._ We have ~Ifo this comm-and'mbl~ exprefiy in the New-Tefl:a~ent, "Let your co~verfation be without ~, covetoufnefs, al1d be C:on~e;t with rut}i thifrgs as ye have," ReI;.'xiii. 5. ' - -, I .' . '. "This command reqtlireth f~l1 contentment with our own tondition, with a rj'gh~and charitable frame of fpirit toward~ our _nei'ghboor and all that 'is hiS: And it, forbiddeih all dif 'contentment with our own efl:ate~ envying
. \ Of' lhc' TEN~d CJ~MANjjM~~:- 343 ~eb into the fhip: So the dangllr is when the world gets into the heart., ~" . . " ' , ' . . Covetou~fn'efs is art ihra~iable defire of g~tting~the world~ or an inordinate lov!: Qf the' world. A covetous man's, tnought~ at~ wholly taken tip about tlie world. He f~ts'his-. heart upon worldly things, ;'u?d'foc the love of them he woulq.... part with heavenly things. 'For the "v.edge of gold he will part with the pearl of 'great price. When CHRIST [aid to tl'Je young~a~ 'in the gofpel,'" Sell aJi, anA c.ome ,and " follow me~,;he went away rorrowf~l'" Mati.,xix•.22. He would rathet part with CHtdsT, than with' his ear~hly poJIeffi·o'n·s.' We are raId, that Cardinal BlJurbon faid, " He " would forego his part ,in paradife, if he mig~t keep his ". cardinaHuip in PO/is.". A man. is given fo'covetoufnefs, whofe' heart is fo [et upOll'the world, that to i~t it he cares not what unlawful ind'iret1 rikans he ufeth. It is faid, " that' " Pope Sy!vtJitrCdid fell his foul to the devil for the popedom." , 'By contentm~nt with our own condition, is meallt~ that we fuould be well fatisfied with t)1at part of' the .;;eceffaries ~nd comforts of this life, which GOD in his, V-;i(d'o~ fe~s fit to beflow upon- us, without grudging ':lr r~pi.ning at his will, but freely acquiefcing in Goils determination, as that which~ is befl: and· moft fit for us. ~ Thofe who are ble!f~d 'with 'thi; 1 contentment have theii' [pirits' fai-ted to their coMtr'ion:' ' , It becomes true believers to be content with ~'Iittle of this world. <strong>The</strong>y ought to learn it of Go~ wlici t;;ch'eth them', to believe and think upon .their'owh' unworthinefs; to con- . , I. I' • • ~, fider that their LORD" had not. where to lay' his head; tha~ GOD will give them what is b~ft for them; and that their, . portion in' CHRIST, and eternal life, is .large ~nough to fatisfy all their wants. . , VIe fec that riches do not afford contentment to the men of this world. <strong>The</strong> world Id,ut vanity;~nj\here is a fe~ret: curfe attending their enjqyments; which bla~~ ,the, com- , . fort of them i' Hence the' earthly ,;c'arrial hea"rt., is like th~ ~ , VOL. Ill. ' , X ·X .... - _: cd .....lir~~e7 .J~ ;1:; ... ~~tl; .... t·t. i~ (.~:~; t f ~
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