avarice and iniquity, that ye may covet nothing from any one, for it is
written in the Law, " Thou shalt not covet anything from thy neighbour,
neither his field nor his house nor his servant nor his maidservant nor his
ox nor his ass nor any of his goods, for all these desires are of the Evil
One. For he that coveteth his neighbour's wife or his servant or his
maidservant is already a thief and an adulterer." He is guilty of abomi-
nation, like a Sodomite, from our Lord and Teacher Jesus the Christ, to
whom be glory and honour for ever and ever, Amen. As also in the Gospel
He reneweth and confirmeth and completeth the Ten Commandments
of the Law. For it is written in .the Law, Thou shalt not commit adultery.
But this I say unto you, as He who spoke in the Law of Moses, thus in
person I myself say unto you, that every one who looketh at the wife of
his friend to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in
his heart. Thus he that lusteth is guilty as an adulterer. Also he that
coveteth the ox or the ass of his neighbour is likely to steal it and
to lead it away. Again, he that coveteth the field of his neighbour,
behold, doth he not wish to narrow it at the border, and to contrive