Q80. What is required in the tenth commandment?
The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit toward our neighbour, and all that is his.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Hebrews 13:5
“Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”
1 Timothy 6:6
“But godliness with contentment is great gain.”
Job 31:29
“If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him:”
Romans 12:15
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.”
1 Timothy 1:5
“Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:”
1 Corinthians 13:4–7
“Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.”
Commentary — Thomas Vincent (1674)
Question 1. What doth the tenth commandment require, in reference unto ourselves?
Answer. The tenth commandment doth require, in reference unto ourselves, full contentment with our own condition, Heb. 13:5. "Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have?"
Question 2. Wherein doth contentment with our own condition consist?