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WCF Westminster Confession of Faith
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24.4
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage ought not to be within the degrees of consanguinity or affinity forbidden by the …
 24.1
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage is to be between one man and one woman: neither is it lawful for …
 24.2
Of Marriage and Divorce
Marriage was ordained for the mutual help of husband and wife, for the increase of …
 24.5
Of Marriage and Divorce
Adultery or fornication committed after a contract, being detected before marriage, giveth just occasion to the innocent party to dissolve that contract. In the case …
 24.6
Of Marriage and Divorce
… to study arguments unduly to put asunder those whom God hath joined together in marriage: yet nothing but adultery, or such wilful desertion as can no way be remedied …
 24.3
Of Marriage and Divorce
It is lawful for all sorts of people to marry, who are able with judgment to give their consent. Yet is it the duty of Christians to marry …
WLC Westminster Larger Catechism
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Q139.
What are the sins forbidden in the seventh commandment?
… 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, …