M.\u2014Let us come to the eighth commandment.<\/p>\n
S.\u2014Thou shalt not steal.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014Does it only prohibit the thefts which are punished by human laws, or does it go farther?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014Under the name of theft, it comprehends all kinds of wicked acts of defrauding and circumventing by which we hunt after other men\u2019s goods. Here, therefore, we are forbidden either to seize upon our neighbor\u2019s goods by violence, or lay hands upon them by trick and cunning, or get possession of them by any other indirect means whatever.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014Is it enough to withhold your hand from the evil act, or is covetousness also here condemned?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014We must ever return to this-that the law given, being spiritual, intends to check not only outward thefts, but all counsels and wishes which incommode others in any way; and especially covetousness itself; that we may not long to enrich ourselves at the expense of our brethren.<\/p>\n
M.\u2014What then must be done to obey this commandment?<\/p>\n
S.\u2014We must endeavor to let every man have his own in safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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