V. 21. Neither shalt thou desire thy

neighbour's wife, neither shalt tliou covet thy neigiibour's house, his field, or his maa-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
149. h James iii. 2. For in many things we offend all. If any nian offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. John xv. 5, I aai the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth. much fruit : for without me ye can do nothing. Rom. viii. 3. For what the hw could not do, in that it v.- is \,-er.k through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the hkeness of sinful flesh, and for sin condemned sin in the jScjth.
J Eccl. vii. 20. For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 1 John i. 8. If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in. us. Ver. 10. If we say that we have not sinned, we make liim a liar, and his word is not in us. Gal. V. 17. For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other ; so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. Rom. vii. 18. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dvvelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me, but how
to perform that which is good I find not. Ver. 19.^ For the good that I would 1 do not : but the evil which I would not, that do I.
kGen. vi. 5. And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagina- tion of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. Gen. viii. 21. — And the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; lor the imagiiiarion of man's heart is evil from his youth : —
iRom. iii. 9. — We have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin ; Ver. 10. As it is written. There is none righ- teous, no, not one. Ver. 11. There iz none that underitandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. Ver. 12. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one: Ver. 13. Their throat is an open sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poison of asps is under their lips: Ver. 14. Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: Ver. 15. Their feet are swift to shed blood : Ver. 16. Destruction and misery are in their ways: Ver. 17. And the way of peace have they not known : Ver. 18. There is no fear of God before their eyes. Ver. 1 9. Now we know, that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every inouth may be stopped, and all the WOrU
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Q. I. 'SO. J re all transgressions of the law of God equallj/ ^^noiis in thtmsclL-es, and in the sight of God ? ^B^. All transgressions of the law ot God are not equally ^Binoiis ; but some sins in themselves, and by reason of ^Bveral aggravations, are more heinous in the sight of God TTian others *".
Q. 151. What are those aggravations that make some sins more hcinoits than others ?
A. Sins receive their aggravations, 1. From the jiersons oftending"; if they be of riper age% greater experience or grace p, eminent for profession ""j
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world may become puilty before God. James xW./rom Fer. 2. to 13, For in many things we offend all, —
150. ™ John xix. 11. Jesus an- swered, 'I'hou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above : there- fore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. Ezek. viii. 6. — But turn thte yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. Ver. 13. — Turn thee yet again, and thou •halt see greater abominations that they do. Ver, 15. — Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt sse greater abonnnations than these. 1 John