The Seventh Commandment Expounded.
Q. WHAT is the seventh commandment?
A. Thou shalt not steal.
A. Thou shalt not steal.
Q. What is forbidden by this precept?
A. All unjust taking away, or detaining that which is another man's.
A. All unjust taking away, or detaining that which is another man's.
Q. How many kinds of theft be there?
A. Three kinds, simple theft, which is a secret taking away that which is another man's; rapine, which is a taking away by open violence, or keeping of that which is another man's; and sacrilege, which is stealing of sacred things, or out of sacred places.
A. Three kinds, simple theft, which is a secret taking away that which is another man's; rapine, which is a taking away by open violence, or keeping of that which is another man's; and sacrilege, which is stealing of sacred things, or out of sacred places.
Q. When is theft a mortal sin?
A. When the thing stolen is of a considerable value, or causeth a considerable hurt to our neighbour.
A. When the thing stolen is of a considerable value, or causeth a considerable hurt to our neighbour.
Q. How prove you that:
A. Out of 1 Cor. vi. 10. "Neither thieves, nor covetous men, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God."
A. Out of 1 Cor. vi. 10. "Neither thieves, nor covetous men, nor extortioners, shall possess the kingdom of God."
Q. What doth the sin of theft oblige us to?
A. To make restitution of the things stolen to the right owner, if we be able, else the sin will not be forgiven us.
A. To make restitution of the things stolen to the right owner, if we be able, else the sin will not be forgiven us.
Q. What else is here prohibited?
A. All usury, bribery, cozenage in gaming, or unjust gain by buying or selling.
A. All usury, bribery, cozenage in gaming, or unjust gain by buying or selling.
Q. What is usury?
A. It is to receive, or to hope for some money or moneys' worth, as gain, above the principle, immediately out of the consideration of loan.
A. It is to receive, or to hope for some money or moneys' worth, as gain, above the principle, immediately out of the consideration of loan.
Q. How prove you usury and bribery to great sins?
A. Out of Psalm xiv. 1, 6. "O Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle, or who shall rest in thy holy mountain? He that have not given his money to use, nor taken bribes upon the innocent man." And from Ezek. xxii 12. "Thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours. I will disperse thee in the nations, and will scatter thee among the countries." Likewise from Luke vi. 35, where the Lord says, "Do good and lend, hoping for nothing thereby." See on this the Catechism of the holy council of Trent.
A. Out of Psalm xiv. 1, 6. "O Lord, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle, or who shall rest in thy holy mountain? He that have not given his money to use, nor taken bribes upon the innocent man." And from Ezek. xxii 12. "Thou hast taken usury and increase, and hast covetously oppressed thy neighbours. I will disperse thee in the nations, and will scatter thee among the countries." Likewise from Luke vi. 35, where the Lord says, "Do good and lend, hoping for nothing thereby." See on this the Catechism of the holy council of Trent.
Q. How are rich men soonest brought to beggary?
A. By mingling other men's goods among their own.
A. By mingling other men's goods among their own.
Q. How do men generally sin against this precept?
A. Princes, by imposing unjust taxes on their subjects; subjects, by not paying their due taxes to their princes: buyers and sellers, by deceitful weight and measure, or by exceeding the just prices: masters by defrauding servants of their wages: and servants, by embezzling their master's goods. "And that no man over-reach or deceive his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and have testified." 1 Thess. iv. 6.
A. Princes, by imposing unjust taxes on their subjects; subjects, by not paying their due taxes to their princes: buyers and sellers, by deceitful weight and measure, or by exceeding the just prices: masters by defrauding servants of their wages: and servants, by embezzling their master's goods. "And that no man over-reach or deceive his brother in business: because the Lord is the avenger of all such things, as we have told you before, and have testified." 1 Thess. iv. 6.
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