CONTINENCE

CONTINENCE. → General scriptures concerning Job 31:1; Mt 5:27,28; 19:12; Ro 13:13; 1Co 7:1-9,25-29,36-38; 9:27; Col 3:5; 1Ti 4:12; 5:1,2; Re 14:1,4,5 → See CHASTITY → INSTANCES OF
* Joseph Ge 39:7-12
* Uriah 2Sa 11:8-13
* Boaz Ru 3:6-13
* Joseph, husband of Mary Mt 1:24,25
* Paul 1Co 7:8

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continence|continency. Continence, or Continency, n. chastity, moderatin

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{ Con″ti‐nence (?), Con″ti‐nen‐cy (?) }, n. [[F. continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf. Countenance.]] 1. 1. Self-restraint; self-command.
He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, — a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden. 2. 2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.
If they have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ). Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor. 3. 3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. Ayliffe.