Lord’s Day 41, Chapter 3: Chastity (2)

And again, in answer to Question 109, whether in the seventh commandment God forbids only adultery, and such like gross sins, the Catechism teaches: "Since both our body and soul are temples of the Holy Ghost, he commands us to preserve them pure and holy: therefore he forbids all unchaste actions, gestures, words, thoughts, desires, and whatever can entice men thereto." All the emphasis of this Lord's Day, therefore, falls on the Christian virtue of chastity, rather than on marriage and...