 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.  The Works of Hannah More - Page 45by Hannah More - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1843 - 406 pages
...teach thee wherein lies what He had more than the Scribes. Accordingly, He saith, He that looketh upon a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her : that is, he who makes it his business to be curious about bright forms, and to hunt for elegant features,... | |
 | Hannah More - 1844 - 578 pages
...Bragwell. Well, come let us make haste and get through these commandments. The next is, • Thou shall not commit adultery.' Thank God, neither I nor my...himself hath said, ' whoso looketh on a woman to lust aucr her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart' These are no farfetched expressions... | |
 | Francis Edward Paget - 1844 - 444 pages
...adulterers," our Bible tells us, "will God judge:" and the same volume assures us, that " he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart." — Such being the case, can we fail to draw the conclusion which my text renders so obvious,... | |
 | William Law - 1845 - 292 pages
...requires this to be the spirit of a pious woman ? Our blessed Saviour saith, " Whosoever looketh upon a -woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery -with her in his heart." — St. Matt. v. 28. Need an education which turns women's minds to the arts and ornaments... | |
 | William Penn - 1845 - 422 pages
...be it male or female, committeth adultery with the party they lust after ; ' for he that looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.' Against the eighth ; a man sins in dancing, when he withdraweth the heart of another from God.... | |
 | Saint Cyril (Bishop of Jerusalem) - 1845 - 372 pages
...was He condemned for concupiscence, for He Himself says plainly, Mat. 5, Whosoever shall look upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her ; not for smiting or striking hastily, for He turned the other cheek also to the smiter; not for despising... | |
 | John Wesley - 1847 - 748 pages
...that it was said, t Thou shall not commit adul28 tery. But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his 29 heart. £ But if thy right eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out, and cast it from thee ; for it... | |
 | Richard Sherlock - 1849 - 442 pages
...i." " I have made a covenant with mine eyes, not to look upon a maid'." " For whosoever looketh upon a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart"." " But mine eyes shall be * Psalm Ixxvii. 3. — Nemo eat in mundo sine aliqua tribulatione... | |
 | Nicaea 2nd council of - 1849 - 630 pages
...motion of soul which inclines to the act of adultery is condemned. Thus, we find, whoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart: whence we learn we must purify our thoughts. Again: " if all things are lawful, all things profit... | |
 | John Stow - 1850 - 288 pages
...heart, and Knoweth what is in Man, and Judgeth thereby, hath emphatically Said, that 'he, who looheth on a Woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.' By Man therefore and by Woman also the natural affections should be so regulated and conscientiously... | |
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