The duty of the Eighth Commandment is to do good, to give and lend willingly, to be liberal; the contrary is covetousness, stealing, usury, fraud, and to wrong in trading and dealing. The duty of the Ninth Commandment is to love the truth, not to backbite and slander, to speak well of all men; the contrary is lying, backbiting, and to speak evil of another. The duty of the Tenth Commandment is righteousness, to let every one possess his own; the contrary is to be miserable and unjust. The duty of this Commandment is to be without all covetous desires in the heart, to be content with that which one hath; against that are the lustings of the heart. St. Paul saith the end of the Commandment is charity, out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned. BRIEF SENTENCES OF THE CATECHISM, ACCORDING AS LUTHER USED TO TEACH AND INSTRUCT HIS FAMILY AT HOME. _Of the Ten Commandments of God_. As the Faith is, so is also God. God stayeth not quite away, though he stayeth long. Despair maketh Priests and Friars. God careth and provideth for us, but we must labour. God will have the heart only and alone. Idolatry is the imagination of the heart. God giveth by creatures. God’s Word placeth before our eyes the world, to the end we may see what a fine spark it is. God’s Word is our sanctification, and maketh everything happy. Works of obedience must highly be regarded. All that govern are called Fathers. Shepherds of Souls are worthy of double honour. Magistrates belong not to the fifth Commandment. Wrath is forbidden in every man, except in the magistrates. All occasions of death are forbidden. Matrimony proceedeth freely in every state and calling. Matrimony is necessary and commanded. Matrimony forbidden and disallowed is against God’s command. Matrimony is a blessed state, and pleasing to God. To steal is what one taketh unjustly. Unfaithfulness is also stealing. Thieving is the most common trade in the world. Great thieves go scot-free, as the Pope and his crew. Falseness and covetousness prosper not. Backbiting is meddling with God’s judgment. Censuring, and to speak evil behind one’s back, belongeth only to the magistrates. We must censure and reprove no man behind his back. We must judge charitably in everything. There are no good works without the Ten Commandments. To fear God, and to trust in him, is the fulfilling of all the Commandments. The first Commandment driveth on all the rest. _Of the Creed_. The Creed teacheth to know God, and what a God we have. In all cases we must make use of faith. God giveth himself unto us with all creatures. We must always drive on the article of Jesus Christ. The Holy Ghost bringeth Christ home unto us; he must reveal him. Where the Holy Ghost preacheth not, there is no Church. The works of the Holy Ghost are wrought continually. _Of the Lord’s Prayer_.