Question 128
Section 5: The third Part is of Man’s Thankfulness
Forbiddeth God nothing else in this Commandment but actual Adultery, and such kinds of uncleanness?
Yea, for seeing both our Body and Soul are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, God will have us to possess both in Purity and Holiness, and therefore Deeds,a Gestures, Words,b Thoughts, filthy Lusts, and whatsoever inticeth a Man unto these, all these Godc wholly forbiddeth.
Forbids God nothing else in this Commandment but actual Adultery, and such kinds of uncleanness?
Yea, for seeing both our Body and Soul are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, God will have us to possess both in Purity and Holiness, and therefore Deeds,a Gestures, Words,b Thoughts, filthy Lusts, and whatsoever entices a Man unto these, all these Godc wholly forbids.
a. Ephesians 5:31; 1 Corinthians 6:18,20
Ephesians 5:31
5:31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh.
5:31 "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh."
1 Corinthians 6:18; 1 Corinthians 6:20
6:18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.
6:18 Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body. 6:20 you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.
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b. Matthew 5:27–28
Matthew 5:27–28
5:27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
5:27 You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' 5:28 But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman to lust after her has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
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c. Ephesians 5:18; Job 31:1; Psalm 39:1
Ephesians 5:18
5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
5:18 Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Job 31:1
31:1 I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?
31:1 "I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?
Psalm 39:1
39:1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
39:1 For the choirmaster. For Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, "I will watch my ways so that I will not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle as long as the wicked are present."
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