(c) If a debt owed to one is denied by the debtor, it is not lawful totake payment from him by force, since this is against t (b) If the marriage is only doubtfully null, abstinence is notnecessary unless both parties have a serious doubt and no examinationhas yet been made. the purpose may make itserious as when one is inquisitive or spying because one wishes toblacken a neighbor (Prov. (a) It is a grave injury against the rights of God, for it usurps Hisauthority, refuses Him the service He desires, spurns the gift He hasbestowed, dishonors the image of God (Gen.
Paul recommends sobriety to women and young menparticularly (I Tim. The common opinion today seems to be that it also suffices,and that it need be only virtual or implicit. We saw above (1664 sqq. --Abstemiousness is a virtue that moderatesaccording to reason the desire and enjoyment of the pleasures of thetable.
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