R. Scott Clark
Puritan Board Senior
WSC student, OURC intern, and PB member Dan Borvan joins the Heidelcast today to talk about the application of the 8th commandment.
http://heidelblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/heidelcast-episode-16-jan-10-2010.mp3
http://heidelblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/heidelcast-episode-16-jan-10-2010.mp3
Q. 110: What does God forbid in the eighth commandment?
A: God forbids not only those thefts, and robberies, which are punishable by the magistrate; but he comprehends under the name of theft all wicked tricks and devices, whereby we design to appropriate to ourselves the goods which belong to our neighbor: whether it be by force, or under the appearance of right, as by unjust weights, ells, measures, fraudulent merchandise, false coins, usury, or by any other way forbidden by God; as also all covetousness, all abuse and waste of his gifts.
Q. 111: But what does God require in this commandment?
A: That I promote the advantage of my neighbor in every instance I can or may; and deal with him as I desire to be dealt with by others: further also that I faithfully labour, so that I may be able to relieve the needy.