A39662:1762
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it…
An exposition of the assemblies catechism with practical inferences from each question as it was carried on in the Lords Days exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty, 1688 / by John Flavell.
London: printed for Tho. Cockerill, 1692
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 1. What is the first Duty required in this Commandment?
A. The first Duty required in this Commandment is▪ the preservation of our own Chastity in heart, lip, and life; 1 Thess. 4.3.4. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication. That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour. And Eph. 4.29. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, &c.
Q. 2. Why must we preserve our own Chastity?
A. Because our Bodies are, or ought to be the Temples of the Holy Ghost; 1 Cor. 6.15, 19. Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. What know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? And it is the express charge of God that they be kept pure and clean,