Q142
What are the sins forbidden in the eighth commandment?
The sins forbidden in the eighth commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,812 are, theft,813 robbery,814 man-stealing,815 and receiving any thing that is stolen;816 fraudulent dealing,817 false weights and measures,818 removing land-marks,819 injustice and unfaithfulness in contracts between man and man,820 or in matters of trust;821 oppression,822 extortion,823 usury,824 bribery,825 vexatious lawsuits,826 unjust enclosures and depopulations;827 engrossing commodities to enhance the price;828 unlawful callings,829 and all other unjust or sinful ways of taking or withholding from our neighbour what belongs to him, or of enriching ourselves;830 covetousness;831 inordinate prizing and affecting worldly goods;832 distrustful and distracting cares and studies in getting, keeping, and using them;833 envying at the prosperity of others;834 as likewise idleness,835 prodigality, wasteful gaming; and all other ways whereby we do unduly prejudice our own outward estate,836 and defrauding ourselves of the due use and comfort of that estate which God hath given us.837