Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary: 79

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Does this commandment lay a restraint upon the heart? Yes: for the law is spiritual,

Rom. 7:14

. Does the heart need this restraint? Yes: for the inward part is very wickedness,

Ps. 5:9

. Does the light of nature discover this? No: I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet,

Rom. 7:7

Are we forbidden to covet another man’s house? Yes: As they that covet houses and take them away,

Mic. 2:2

. Or another man’s wife? Yes: for her husband is to her a covering of the eyes,

Gen. 20:16

. Or another man’s goods? Yes: I have coveted no man’s silver, or gold, or apparel,

Acts 20:33

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Matthew Henry’s Westminster Shorter Catechism Commentary on Question 79