WLC 137

Westminster Larger Catechism

Q137. Which is the seventh commandment?

The seventh commandment is, Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Proof texts

For discussion

  1. The Assembly cited Ex. 20:14 in support of this answer. Read it in context — how does it bear on what is claimed here?
  2. WSC Q45 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  3. HC Q92 treats the same ground. What does it add, and why might it put things differently?
  4. The Assembly divided over this: Justification and the Antinomian Crisis. How do you secure sola fide without letting the law fall away? What turns on the answer?

Read alongside

WSC Q45 · HC Q92

Leader's notes

A Body of Divinity (Thomas Ridgley): Quest. CXXXVII., CXXXVIII., CXXXIX. QUEST. CXXXVII. Which is the seventh Commandment? ANSW. The seventh Commandment is, [Thou shalt not commit adultery.] QUEST. CXXXVIII. What are the duties required in the seventh Commandment? ANSW. The duties required in the seventh Commandment, are, chastity in body, mind, affections, words, and behaviour; and the preservation of it in ourselves and others; watchfulness over the eyes, and all the senses; temperance, keeping of chaste company, modesty in apparel, marriage by those that have not the gift of continency; conjugal love, and cohabitation, diligent labour in our callings, shunning all occasions of uncleanness, resisting temptations thereunto. QUEST. CXXXIX. What are the sins forbidden in the seventh Commandment? ANSW. The sins forbidden in the seventh Commandment…