What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, are, adultery, fornication, rape, incest, sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections; all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto; wanton looks, impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel; prohibiting of lawful, and dispensing with unlawful marriages; allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; entangling vows of single life, undue delay of marriage; having more wives or husbands than one at the same time; unjust divorce, or desertion; idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, unchaste company; lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays; and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others.
Proofs
- The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, besides the neglect of the duties required, (Proverbs 5:7)
- are, adultery, fornication, (Hebrews 13:4; Galatians 5:19)
- rape, incest, (2 Samuel 13:14; 1 Corinthians 5:1)
- sodomy, and all unnatural lusts; (Romans 1:24, 26ā27; Leviticus 20:15ā16)
- all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections; (Matthew 5:28; 15:19; Colossians 3:5)
- all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto; (Ephesians 5:3ā4; Proverbs 7:5, 21ā22)
- wanton looks, (Isaiah 3:16; 2 Peter 2:14)
- impudent or light behavior, immodest apparel; (Proverbs 7:10, 13)
- prohibiting of lawful, (1 Timothy 4:3)
- and dispensing with unlawful marriages; (Leviticus 18:1ā21; Mark 6:18; Malachi 2:11ā12)
- allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; (1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:17ā18; Leviticus 19:29; Jeremiah 5:7; Proverbs 7:24ā27)
- entangling vows of single life, (Matthew 19:10ā11)
- undue delay of marriage; (1 Corinthians 7:7ā9; Genesis 38:26)
- having more wives or husbands than one at the same time; (Malachi 2:14ā15; Matthew 19:5)
- unjust divorce, (Malachi 2:16; Matthew 5:32)
- or desertion; (1 Corinthians 7:12ā13)
- idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, (Ezekiel 16:49; Proverbs 23:30ā33)
- unchaste company; (Genesis 39:19; Proverbs 5:8)
- lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays; (Ephesians 5:4; Ezekiel 23:14ā16; Isaiah 23:15ā17; 3:16; Mark 6:22; 1 Peter 4:3)
- and all other provocations to, or acts of uncleanness, either in ourselves or others. (2 Kings 9:30; Jeremiah 4:30; Ezekiel 23:40)