Westminster Shorter Catechism (WSC) Q&A #79 - 84 (1646,1647)

 #79 Question: Which is the tenth commandment?

        Answer: 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 anything that is thy neighbor's.

 #80 Question: What is required in the tenth commandment?

        Answer: The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbor, and all that is his.

 #81 Question: What is forbidden in the tenth commandment?

       Answer: The tenth commandment forbiddeth all discontentment with our own estate, envying or grieving at the good of our neighbor, and all inordinate motions and affections to anything that is his.

 #82 Question: Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God?

        Answer: No mere man since the fall is able in this life perfectly to keep the commandments of God, but doth daily break them in thought, word and deed.

#83 Question: Are all transgressions of the law equally heinous?
        Answer: Some sins in themselves, and by reason of several aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God than others.

# 84 Question: What doth every sin deserve?
        Answer: Every sin deserveth God's wrath and curse, both in this life, and that which is to come.

Recommended Sermons

 WSC #79-#81: You Shall Not Covet, by Peter J. Wallace [Text: Luke 21 (Audio); Luke 15 (Audio)]

WSC #82-#84: What Does Sin Deserve? By Peter J. Wallace [Text: 2 Peter 2:1 (Audio); Genesis 6 (Audio)]