For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts
Of God, of Christ, of the Spirit, of fellow creatures, and of all
sorts of wickedness. The thoughts of sin are evil, are to be
hated, forsaken, and for which men are accountable to God. All
wicked imaginations, carnal reasonings, lustful desires, and
malicious contrivances, are here included; which take their rise
from, and are devised, and forged, in the corrupt heart of man.
Murders;
inveterate hatred of men's persons, malice prepense, schemes to
take away life, all angry and wrathful words, and actual effusion
of man's blood.
Adulteries;
uncleanness committed between married persons, both in thought,
and deed:
fornications;
unlawful copulations of persons in a single state:
thefts;
taking away from others by force or fraud, what is their right
and property:
false witness:
swearing falsely, or exhibiting a false testimony to the hurt of
his neighbour, either his name, person, or estate:
blasphemies;
evil speakings of God or men. To which Mark adds "covetousness";
a greedy and insatiable desire after the things of the world, or
the neighbour's goods: "wickedness"; doing hurt and mischief to
fellow creatures: "deceit"; in words and actions, in trade and
conversation: "lasciviousness"; all manner of uncleanness, and
unnatural lusts: "an evil eye"; of envy and covetousness: the
vitiosity, or corruption of nature, is, by the Jews F8, called
(Nye) (er) , "the evil eye": "pride"; in
heart and life, in dress and gesture; and "foolishness";
expressed in talk and conduct.