Q72. What is forbidden in the seventh commandment?
The seventh commandment forbiddeth all unchaste thoughts, words, and actions.
Scripture Proofs — King James Version
Matthew 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.”
Matthew 15:19
“For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:”
Ephesians 5:3–4
“But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.”
Commentary — Thomas Vincent (1674)
Question 1. What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
Answer. The sins forbidden in the seventh commandment, is all unchastity and uncleanness, Eph. 5:3. "Fornication and uncleanness, let it not be once named among you."
Question 2. Wherein is all unchastity and uncleanness forbidden?