_1st_, If the thing, reported to another’s prejudice, be true, we ought to consider, that we are not without many faults ourselves; which we would be unwilling, if others knew them, should be divulged. And if it be doubtful, we, by reporting it, may give occasion to some, to believe it to be true, without sufficient evidence, whereby our neighbour will receive real prejudice from that, which, to us, is only matter of surmize and conjecture. But if, on the other hand, what is reported be apparently false, the sin is still the greater; and the highest injustice is hereby offered to the innocent, while we, at the same time, are guilty of a known and presumptuous sin, by inventing and propagating it. _2dly_, Such a way of exposing men answers no good end; nor is it a means of reclaiming them. _3dly_, Hereby we lay ourselves open to the censure of others, and by endeavouring to take away our neighbour’s good name, endanger the loss of our own. Footnote 6: _Mendacium officiosum._ Footnote 7: This is called _mendacium jocosum_. Footnote 8: This is called _mendacium pernitiosum_. Quest. CXLVI., CXLVII., CXLVIII. QUEST. CXLVI. _Which is the tenth Commandment?_ ANSW. The tenth Commandment is, [_Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s._] QUEST. CXLVII. _What are the duties required in the tenth Commandment?_ ANSW. The duties required in the tenth Commandment are, such a full contentment with our own condition, and such a charitable frame of the whole soul toward our neighbour, as that all our inward motions and affections touching him tend unto and further all that good which is his. QUEST. CXLVIII. _What are the sins forbidden in the tenth Commandment?_ ANSW. The sins forbidden in the tenth Commandment, are, discontent with our own estate; envying, and grieving at the good of our neighbours, together with all inordinate motions and affections to any thing that is his.