Matt. 5;44, 45.—But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven.—Rom. 12;20.—Ex. 23;5.
41. LORD’S DAY.
*108. What doth the seventh command teach us?
That all uncleaness is accursed of God, and that therefore we must, with all our hearts, detest the same (Eph. 5;3), and live chastely and temperately, whether in holy wedlock, or in single life (Heb. 13;4).
Eph. 5;3.—But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not once be named among you, as becometh saints.—Jude 22, 23.—Lev. 20;10.
Heb. 13;4.—Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled; but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.—1 Thess. 4;3, 4.—1 Cor. 7;9.
109. Doth God forbid, in this command, only adultery and such like gross sins?
Since both our body and soul are temples of the Holy Ghost, he commands us to preserve them pure and holy (1 Cor. 3;16); therefore he forbids all unchaste actions, gestures, words, thoughts, desires, and whatever can entice man thereto (Matt. 5;28).
1 Cor. 3;16.—Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you.—1 Cor. 6;18-20.—2 Cor. 6;16.—1 Cor. 3;17.
Matt. 5;28.—Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.—2 Tim. 2;22.—1 Thess. 4;4,
