Heidelberg
Day 41

The Seventh Commandment

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108 What does the seventh commandment teach us?
108 That God condemns all unchastity, 1 and that therefore we should loathe it with all our heart 2 and live decent and chaste lives, within or outside of the holy state of marriage. 3
109 Does God in this commandment forbid only such scandalous sins as adultery?
109 We are to restrain the unchaste thoughts and desires of our hearts 1 and not allow them to move us to impure actions, 2 looks, 3 words, 4 jokes, 5 or the lustful longing of the body. 6

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