Hebr. xiii. 4. 1 Cor. xvi. 15, 17.FORNICATION. This word is used in Scripture, not only for the sin of impurity, but likewise for idolatry, and for infidelity to God of all kinds. Adultery and Fornication are frequently confounded. Uxor tua in civitate fornicabitur. Both the Old and Lev. xxi. 7. Deut. xxii. 21. xxiii. 18. Prov. xxiii. 27. Tob. iv. 17. 1 Cor. vi. 9, 13, 15. Coloss. iii. 5.New Testament condemn all sorts of Impurity and Fornication, either corporeal or spiritual; that is to say, not that only which is committed bodily in the flesh, but that likewise which men incur the guilt of by Idolatry, Apostacy, Heresy, and Infidelity towards God.
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