V. 13, Yet all this availeth me

nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. I 1 Cor. X. 10. Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, ap^ were destroyed of the de- stroyer.
*^Gal. V. 26. Let us not be de- sirous of vain -glory, provoking one another, envying one another. James iii. 14. But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts^ gJorj' not; aud lie not against the
truth. Ver. 16. For where envy- ing and strife is, there is confusion, ^nd every evil work.
f Psal cxii. 9. lie hath dispersed, he hath given to the poorj his righ- teousness endureth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with honour. Ver. 10. The wicked shall see it, and be grieved ; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away : the desire of the wicked shall perish. Neh. ii. 10. When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Am- monite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly, that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
8 Rom. "vii. 7. What shall tvc say then ? Is the law sin .? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin but by the law : for I had not known lust, except me law Iiau salu, 'I'hC" ?h»lt not covet. Ver. 8. But sin taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of con- cupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. Rom. xiii. 9. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou slwlt not kill, Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false wit- ness, Thou shalt not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in thii •aying, namely. Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Col. iii. .'». Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth ; fornica- tion, uncle^nness, inordinate affec- tiouj
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Q. 149. Is any man able perfecili/ to keep the command- ments of God ?
A. No man is able, either of himself^, or by any sjrace received in this life, perfectly to keep the comiiianJmeiits of God ' ; but doth daily break them in thought ^, word, and deed^
Q. 150. Are
tion, evil conciiplsrence, and covet- ous-es^, which is idolatry. Dcut.