The Sixth Commandment Expounded.
Q. WHAT is the sixth commandment?
A. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
A. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Q. What is prohibited by this precept?
A. All carnal sin with another man's wife, or another woman's husband, and chiefly adultery; as also fornication and pollution.
A. All carnal sin with another man's wife, or another woman's husband, and chiefly adultery; as also fornication and pollution.
Q. How prove you fornication and pollution to be mortal sins?
A. Out of Col. iii. 5, 6. "Mortify, therefore, (saith St. Paul,) your members, which are upon earth: fornication, uncleaness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols: for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of unbelief."
A. Out of Col. iii. 5, 6. "Mortify, therefore, (saith St. Paul,) your members, which are upon earth: fornication, uncleaness, lust, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is the service of idols: for which things the wrath of God cometh upon the children of unbelief."
Q. In what case is it lawful for a man to dismiss his wife?
A. Only in case of evident adultery.
A. Only in case of evident adultery.
Q. Can he that hath so dismissed his wife, marry another during her life?
A. He cannot; for "he that dismisseth his wife and marries another, committeth adultery." Matt. v. 32. And Luke xvi. 18. "He that marries her, that is so dismissed, commits adultery."
A. He cannot; for "he that dismisseth his wife and marries another, committeth adultery." Matt. v. 32. And Luke xvi. 18. "He that marries her, that is so dismissed, commits adultery."
Q. Why is adultery a far greater sin than fornication?
A. Because it is a greater injury to our innocent neighbour, as also to the sacrament of matrimony.
A. Because it is a greater injury to our innocent neighbour, as also to the sacrament of matrimony.
Q. How prove you that a wife so dismissed from her husband, cannot marry again during her husband's life?
A. Out of 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. "But to them, that are married, not I, but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband: and if she depart, that she remain unmarried." And ver. 39. "A woman is bound to the law, so long as her husband liveth; but if her husband sleep (that is be dead) she is at liberty, let her marry whom she will."
A. Out of 1 Cor. vii. 10, 11. "But to them, that are married, not I, but the Lord commandeth, that the wife depart not from her husband: and if she depart, that she remain unmarried." And ver. 39. "A woman is bound to the law, so long as her husband liveth; but if her husband sleep (that is be dead) she is at liberty, let her marry whom she will."
Q. What else is forbidden by this precept?
A. Whoredom, incest, sacrilege, and sins against nature.
A. Whoredom, incest, sacrilege, and sins against nature.
Q. Why is lust hateful in the sight of God?
A. Because it defiles in us the image of God, and the temple of the Holy Ghost.
A. Because it defiles in us the image of God, and the temple of the Holy Ghost.
Q. What more is here prohibited?
A. Unchaste touching of ourselves or others, with delight in lustful thoughts and kisses.
A. Unchaste touching of ourselves or others, with delight in lustful thoughts and kisses.
Q. What is the heir of unlawful lust?
A. Death and damnation; for, "neither fornicators nor adulterers, nor effeminate," (that is such as defile themselves with voluntary pollution,) "shall possess the kingdom of God." 1 Cor. vi. 9.
A. Death and damnation; for, "neither fornicators nor adulterers, nor effeminate," (that is such as defile themselves with voluntary pollution,) "shall possess the kingdom of God." 1 Cor. vi. 9.
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