ourb; and the preservation of it in ourselves and others c; watchfulness over the eyes and all the fenfes d; temperancee, keeping of chaste companyf, modefty in apparelg; marriage by thofe that have not the gift of continency h, conjugal lovei, and cohabitation k; diligent labour in our callings/; fhun a Col. iv. 6. Let your fpeech be alway with grace, feafoned with falt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man, 1Pet. iii. 2. While they behold your chafte converfation coupled with fear. I Cor. vii. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. v. 35. And this I. fpeak for your own profit, not that I may caft a fnare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that you may attend upon the Lord without distraction. v. 36. But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if the país the flower of her age, and need fo require, let him do what he will, he finneth not: let I h1 Cor. vii. 2. Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. v. 9. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. i Prov. v. 19. Let her be as the loving hind, and pleasant roe; let her breafts fatisfy thee at all times, and be thou ravifht always with her love. v. 20. And why wilt thou, my fon, be ravished with a strange wo-, man, and embrace the bofom of a ftranger? 1 Pet. iii. 7. Likewise ye hufbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife as unto the weaker veffel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. I Prov. xxxi. 11. The heart of her husband doth fafely trust in her, fo that fhunning all occafions of uncleannefs, and refifting temptations thereuntom. Q.139. What are the fins forbidden in the seventh commandment? A. The fins forbidden in the feventh commandment, befide the neglect of the duties required n, are, adultery, fornication o, rape, inceftp, fodomy, and unnatural luftsq: all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affectionsr: that he fhall have no need of spoil. v. 27. She looketh well to the ways of her houfhold, and eateth not the bread of idleness. v. 28. Her children arife up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. m Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house. Gen. xxxix. 8. But he refufed, and faid unto his mafter's wife, Behold, my mafter wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand. v. 9. There is none greater in this houfe than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me, but thee, because thou art his wife: How then can I do this great wickedness, and fin against God? v. 10. And it came to pafs as the fpake to Jofeph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to ly by her, or to be with her. 139. n Prov. v. 7. Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. • Heb. xiii. 4. Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. Gal. v. 19. Now the works of the flesh are manifeft, which are thefe, adultery, fornication, uncleannefs, lafcivioufnefs. all would not hearken unto her voice; but being stronger than fhe, forced her and lay with her. 1 Cor. v. I. It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and fuch fornication as is not so much asnamed among the Gentiles, that one fhould have his father's wife. Rom. i. 24. Wherefore God alfo gave them up to uncleannefs thro' the lufts of their own hearts, to difhonour their own bodies between themselves. v. 26. For this caufe God gave them up unto vile affections; for even their women did change the natural ufe into that which is against nature: v. 27. And likewife alfo the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their luft one toward another, men with men working that which is unfeemly, and receiving in themfelves that recompense of their error which was meet. Lev. xx. 15. And if a man ly with a beast, he fhall furely be put to death: and ye fhall flay the beast. v. 16. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and ly down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall furely be put to death; their blood fhall be upon them. Mat. v. 28. But I fay unto you, that whofoever looketh on a woman to luft after her, hath committed 2 Sam. xiii. 14. Howbeit, he adultery with her already in his heart. all corrupt or filthy communications, or liftning thereunto; wanton looks t, impudent or light behaviour, immodest apparelv; prohibiting of lawfulw, and difpenfing with unlawful marriages x; allowing, tolerating, keeping of ftews, and reforting to themy; intangling vows of fingle life heart. Mat. xv. 19. For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blafphemies. Col. iii. 5. Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleannefs, inordinate affection, evil concupifcence, and covetoufness, which is idolatry. Eph. v. 3. But fornication, and all uncleannefs, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh faints: v. 4. Neither. filthinefs, nor foolish talking, nor jefting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. Prov, vii. 5. That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the ftranger which flattereth with her words. v. 21. With her much fair fpeech fhe caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips fhe forced him. v. 22. He goeth after her ftraightway, as an ox goeth to the flaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks. Ifa. iii. 16. Moreover the Lord faith, because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet. 2 Pet. ii. 14. Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot ceafe from fin; beguiling unstable fouls: Prov. vii. 10. And behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtile of heart. v. 13. So fhe caught him and kiffed him, and with an impudent face faid to him, w 1 Tim. iv. 3. Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abftain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them who believe and know the truth. x Lev. xviii. from verse 1. to 21. Mark vi. 18. For John faid unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. Mal. ii. 11. Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Ifrael and in Jerufalem: for Judah hath profaned the holinefs of the Lord which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. v. 12. The Lord will cut off the man that doth this; the mafter and the fcholar out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the Lord of hofts. y 1 Kings xv. 12. And he took away the Sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. 2 Kings xxiii. 7. And he brake down the houses of the Sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove. Deut. xxiii. 17. There fhall be no whore of the daughters of Ifrael, nor a Sodomite of the fons of Ifrael. v. 18. Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog into the houfe of the Lord thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the Lord thy God. Lev. xix. 29. Do not prostitute thy daughter, to caufe her to be a whore; left the land fall to whoredom, and the land become fall lifez, undue delay of marriagea; having more wives or husbands than one at the fame timeb; unjust divorce c, or desertiond; idleness, gluttony, drunkennefs e, unchafte com full of wickedness. Jer. v. 7. How fhall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forfaken me, and fworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and affembled themselves by troops in the harlots houses. Prov. vii. 24. Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. v. 25. Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not aftray in her paths. v. 26. For the hath cait down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been flain by her. v. 27. Her houfe is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. z Mat. xix. 10. His difciples fay unto him, If the cafe of the man be fo with his wife, it is not good to marry. v. 11. But he faid unto them, All men cannot receive this faying, fave they to whom it is given. a 1 Cor. vii. 7. For I would that all men were even as I myself: but every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. v. 8. I fay therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them, if they abide even as I. v. 9. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. Gen: xxxviii. 26. And Judah acknowledged them, and faid, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my fon: and he knew her again no more. b Mal. ii. 14. Yet ye fay, Wherefore? because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife pany; of thy youth, against whom thou haft dealt treacherously; yet is fhe thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. v. 15. And did not he make one? yet had he the refidue of the Spirit; and wherefore one? that he might feek a godly feed: therefore take heed to your fpirit, and let none deal treacherously againft the wife of his youth. Mat. xix. 5. And faid, for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and fhall cleave to his wife: and they twain fhall be one flesh. Mal. ii. 16. For the Lord the God of Ifrael saith, that he hateth putting away; for one covereth violence with his garment, faith the Lord of hofts; therefore take heed to your fpirit, that you deal not treacherously. Mat. v. 32. But I fay unto you, that whofoever shall put away his wife, faving for the caufe of fornication, caufeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever fhall marry her that is divorced, committeth adultery. d I Cor. vii. 12. But to the reft fpeak I, not the Lord, If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and fhe be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. v. 13. And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. . Ezek. xvi. 49. Behold, this was the iniquity of thy filter Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idlenefs was in her, and in her daughters, neither did fhe ftrengthen the hands of the poor and needy. Prov. xxiii. 30. They that pany f; lafcivious fongs, books, pictures, dancings, ftageplaysg; and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourfelves or others h. that tarry long at the wine, they fGen. xxxix. 10. And it came to pafs, as the spake to Jofeph day by day, that he hearkned not unto her, to ly by her, or to be with her. Prov. v. 8. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house. 8 Eph. v. 4. Neither filthinefs, nor foolish talking, nor jefting, which are not convenient: butrather giving of thanks. Ezek. xxiii. 14. And that fhe increased her, whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, v. 15. Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: v. 16. And as foon as fhe faw them with her eyes, fhe doted upon them, and fent meffengers unto them into Chaldea. Ifa. xxiii. 15. And it thall come to pafs in that day that Tyre fhall be forgotten faventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years thall Tyre fing as ån harlot. v. 16. Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that haft been forgotten, make sweet me dy, fing many, fongs, that thou Q. 140% mayeft be remembred. v. 17. And it fhall come to pafs after the end of feventy years, that the Lord will vifit Tyre, and the thall turn to her hire, and fhall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Ifa, iii. 16. Moreover, the Lord faith, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and walk with ftretched forth necks and wantón eyes, walking, and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:Markvi. 22. And when the daughter of the faid Herodias came in, and danced, and pleafed Herod, and them that fat with him, the king faid unto the damfel, Ask of me whatfoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. Rom. xii. 13. Let us walk honeftly as in the day: not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonnefs, not in ftrife and envying. 1 Pet. iv. 3. For the time past of our life may fuffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lascivioufnefs, lafts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries. b2 Kings ix. 30. And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezabel heard of it, and fhe painted her face, and tired her head and looked out at a window. Compared with Jer. iv., 30. And when thou art fpoiled, what wilt thou do? though thou clothest thyfelf with crimson, though thou deckeft thee with ornaments of gold," though thou renteft, thy face with painting, in vain fhalt thou make thyfelf fair, thy lovers will defpife thee, they will feek thy life. And, |