| Question | What is forbidden in the seventh commandment? |
|---|---|
| Answer | The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.1 |
The Baptist Catechism Set to Music
Benjamin Beddome’s Exposition
Is adultery a very great sin?
Yes.
It is called an abomination,
Ezekiel 22:11
Doth it waste the body?
Yes.
And thou mourn at last when thy flesh and thy body are consumed,
Proverbs 5:11
And wrong the soul?
Yes.
Abstain from fleshly lusts, that war against the soul,
1 Peter 2:11
And bring a blot upon the character?
Yes.
A wound and dishonour shall they get,
Proverbs 6:33
Is it a besotting sin?
Yes.
It takes away the heart,
Hosea 4:11
And an impoverishing sin?
Yes.
By means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread,
Proverbs 6:26
Is it a kind of sacrilege?
Yes.
Shall I take the members of Christ and make them the members of a harlot,
1 Corinthians 6:15
Doth it unfit for the fellowship of the saints?
Yes.
I have written unto you not to keep company if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator,
1 Corinthians 5:11
And will it be severely punished both in this world and in that which is to come?
Yes.
For whoremongers and adulterers God will judge,
Hebrews 13:4
5 Is fornication as well as adultery a sin?
Yes.
Mortify your members which are upon earth, fornication,
Colossians 3:5
And incest?
Yes.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him,
Leviticus 18:6
And polygamy?
Yes.
Did not he make one? yet he had the residue of the spirit,
Malachi 2:15
And all manner of uncleanness?
Yes.
But fornication and uncleanness, let it not be once named amongst you,
Ephesians 5:3
Are unclean desires sinful?
Yes.
We must mortify inordinate affection and evil concupiscence,
Colossians 3:5
And unclean reflections?
Yes.
She multiplied her whoredoms by calling to remembrance the days of her youth,
Ezekiel 23:19
And unchaste looks?
Yes.
Having eyes full of adultery,
2 Peter 2:14
And immodest apparel?
Yes.
There met him a woman with the attire of a harlot,
Proverbs 7:10
And obscene words?
Yes.
Neither filthiness nor foolish talking,
Ephesians 5:4
And lascivious actions?
Yes.
Such as chambering and wantonness,
Romans 13:13
And that intemperance and idleness which lead hereto’?
Yes.
This was the iniquity of Sodom, pride, idleness, and fulness of bread, and she committed abomination before me,
Ezekiel 16:49–50
The Westminster Larger Catechism
| Question | What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment? |
|---|---|
| Answer | The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required,1 are, adultery, fornication,2 rape, incest,3 sodomy, and all unnatural lusts;4 all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections;5 all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto;6 wanton looks,7 impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel;8 prohibiting of lawful,9 and dispensing with unlawful marriages;10 allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them;11 entangling vows of single life,12 undue delay of marriage;13 having more wives or husbands than one at the same time;14 unjust divorce,15 or desertion;16 idleness, gluttony, drunkenness,17 unchaste company;18 lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays;19 and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others.20 |