Nor thieves
Who take away another man's property, secret or openly, by fraud
or force.
Nor covetous:
insatiable, in the lust of uncleanness; or greedy of worldly
gain, bent upon increasing their substance at any rate, by
circumvention, fraud, and deceit; and do not use the things of
this life as they should, for their own good, and that of others.
Nor drunkards
who are strong to drink strong liquors; who give up themselves
thereunto: who sit down on purpose to intoxicate themselves, and
are frequent in the commission of this sin.
Nor revilers;
who are free with other men's characters, load them with
reproaches, and take away their good names; either openly or
secretly, either by tale bearing, whispering, and backbiting, or
by raising and spreading scandalous reports in a public manner.
Nor extortioners
ravishers of virgins; or plunderers of men's substance in an open
and forcible way; or who extort unlawful gain:
shall inherit the kingdom of God;
not that these sins, any or all of them, are unpardonable; for
such who have been guilty of them may, through the blood of
Christ, receive the remission of them, and through the grace of
the Spirit of God obtain repentance for them, and have both right
and meetness for the kingdom of heaven, as the following words
show.