Douglas Somerset
Puritan Board Freshman
This question was asked in 2008: "Why is there a tenth commandment? Aren't its contents already covered somewhere in the previous nine (especially seven and eight)? The WLC spends very few words on this one, and I get the impression that the divines thought they had everything pretty well covered already."
I appreciate the answers already given then, but I am wondering if there are new thoughts on the same question. The tenth commandment must add something new, important, and fundamental that is not already in the seventh and eighth. What is that new element? Is it simply the emphasis on the heart rather than the outward conduct?
I appreciate the answers already given then, but I am wondering if there are new thoughts on the same question. The tenth commandment must add something new, important, and fundamental that is not already in the seventh and eighth. What is that new element? Is it simply the emphasis on the heart rather than the outward conduct?