WLC Q141 — What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?

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Question

What are the duties required in the eighth commandment?

Answer

The duties required in the eighth commandment are, truth, faithfulness, and justice in contracts and commerce between man and man; rendering to every one his due; restitution of goods unlawfully detained from the right owners thereof; giving and lending freely, according to our abilities, and the necessities of others; moderation of our judgments, wills, and affections concerning worldly goods; a provident care and study to get, keep, use, and dispose these things which are necessary and convenient for the sustentation of our nature, and suitable to our condition; a lawful calling, and diligence in it; frugality; avoiding unnecessary lawsuits, and suretiship, or other like engagements; and an endeavor, by all just and lawful means, to procure, preserve, and further the wealth and outward estate of others, as well as our own.

Links

• part_of source-manifest/wlc
• precedes catechism-qa/wlc-q142

Source

• source-manifest/wlc — Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) (PD, OPC)
• evidence_grade: D_doctrinal_textbook