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, 26–27; Leviticus 20:15–16)
- all unclean imaginations, thoughts, purposes, and affections; (Matthew 5:28; 15:19; Colossians 3:5)
- all corrupt or filthy communications, or listening thereunto; (Ephesians 5:3–4; Proverbs 7:5, 21–22)
- 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 18:1–21; Mark 6:18; Malachi 2:11–12)
- allowing, tolerating, keeping of stews, and resorting to them; (1 Kings 15:12; 2 Kings 23:7; Deuteronomy 23:17–18; Leviticus 19:29; Jeremiah 5:7; Proverbs 7:24–27)
- entangling vows of single life, (Matthew 19:10–11)
- undue delay of marriage; (1 Corinthians 7:7–9; Genesis 38:26)
- having more wives or husbands than one at the same time; (Malachi 2:14–15; Matthew 19:5)
- unjust divorce, (Malachi 2:16; Matthew 5:32)
- or desertion; (1 Corinthians 7:12–13)
- idleness, gluttony, drunkenness, (Ezekiel 16:49; Proverbs 23:30–33)
- unchaste company; (Genesis 39:19; Proverbs 5:8)
- lascivious songs, books, pictures, dancings, stage plays; (Ephesians 5:4; Ezekiel 23:14–16; Isaiah 23:15–17; 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)