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Wisdom sees good for them, and that what they may seem to be cut short of on earth shall be abundantly made up in eternal life, the heavenly Canaan which God will give them.
13 Thou shalt not kill.
The sixth commandment concerns our own and our neighbour's life (Ex 20:13): "Thou shalt not kill; thou shalt not do anything hurtful or injurious to the health, ease, and life, of thy own body, or any other person's unjustly." This is one of the laws of nature, and was strongly enforced by the precepts given to Noah and his sons, Ge 9:5,6. It does not forbid killing in lawful war, or in our own necessary defence, nor the magistrate's putting offenders to death, for those things tend to the preserving of life; but it forbids all malice and hatred to the person of any (for he that hateth his brother is a murderer), and all personal revenge arising therefrom; also all rash anger upon sudden provocations, and hurt said or done, or aimed to be done, in passion: of this our Saviour expounds this commandment, Mt 5:22. And, as that which is worst of all, it forbids persecution, laying wait for the blood of the innocent and excellent ones of the earth.
14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.
The seventh commandment concerns our own and our neighbour's chastity: Thou shalt not commit adultery, Ex 20:14. This is put before the sixth by our Saviour (Mk 10:19): Do not commit adultery, do not kill; for our chastity should be as dear to us as our lives, and we should be as much afraid of that which defiles the body as of that which destroys it. This commandment forbids all acts of uncleanness, with all those fleshly lusts which produce those acts and war against the soul, and all those practices which cherish and excite those fleshly lusts, as looking, in order to lust, which, Christ tells us, is forbidden in this commandment, Mt 5:28.
15 Thou shalt not steal.
The eighth commandment concerns our own and our neighbour's wealth, estate, and goods: Thou shalt not steal, Ex 20:15. Though God had lately allowed and appointed them to spoil the Egyptians in a way of just reprisal, yet he