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F107 EIWTLIAD & 4 2 4 8 04 Ml S Cx whom thev {- reverenced, and whe was fo Faithtul 1n "er. 4of God as 4 Servant, would Licenfe them to put afun- : nm Gcd had pur together : Or, whether they had not = {11 {Qrerpretatcion upcn the Law of Atvſes, winch it could not _ in Contiftency with the Law of God. Fcr tne Senſe of l ]
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;r1n15 of vour hearts, ſuttcred you to put away mr WIVES: bur from the beginning It was not 10. nike ropes this a lirtie differently, Chap. 10. 3. 25 If Chriſt id tt 135d unto them, rat did Moſes command you * And they my os [uffered to write 4 Bil of Druoreement, and to lend ber q "tad Teins anſs: ered, and j id. Fr the hranſs of Jour + be wile you this Precept , .Xc. The {ubſtince of our S4- vous Anfixer ſeemeth to be this: ſes gave you n9 p/ſrtiwe {in the Caſe; he could not make a Law direttly oppotite t2 the Law of my Farhcr ; but 2/Ves law the Want "nnefs and Wic- {ll of rour Hearts,thar vou would rurn away your Wives With» our any jutt and warrantable Cauſe, and to reftrain your Extrava- eancics of Cruelty to your Wives, or diſorderly rurning them off j but if1n @ Leal Cognizance of the Cauſe, .md giving her a Bill of [cc Indeed poſDGbly this Bill of Divorce was fomerimes ju- &a!ly cranred upen irregular Cavtes, and AMſes mignt connive it {or the preventing of zreatcr Evils, becauſe you were aways
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a Id ; dions have expounded that Law beyond Mes his Intention, and made a Bill of Divorce erantable in Cafes which he never hugh of, nor inrended in that Law: Bur the meaſures of Law- fulnct%, are neither to be taken from Moſes his Temporary Tole- riti-n and Conrivance, nor much leſs trom your Traditions, and Exp firions of the Law of es, bur from the Original Inſtitution of 3.511190, and from God's Original Law relating to it : Now G:4 ar Gift made bur one Woman for one Man, and {> united them thar he ſtiled chem one Fleſh « So as he, who purs away his Wite, d-th1 25 7rivcre divide, and tear his own Fleſh piece irom pieces which is Barbarous, Inhumane, and Unnatural... And the Law of God as nor, that a Man ſhould forſake his Wite when-ever he hid a mind to ir, bur that he ſhould rather torſake his Father and | bi 12, than his Wife; thar he ſhould cleave to his Wife, ving, © and delhns with her as a Man of Knowledge, not haring his E on Fieſh, Lovinz his Wife 4s his own Bady, Loving and C heriſhing br, Eph. 5. 28, 29. Now. how can this pothivly confiſt with a Mins purting way his Wiſe upon every little and trivial Cauſe & of Offence, or Diſhke unto her ?
kr. o* And l ſay unto you , Whoſoever {hall put way his WVite, except it be for fornication, and {hall marry another.committeth adultery :and who ſo mar-
rict!! her that is put away, doth commit adultery. We mer with the like Derermination of our Lord's upon this © Qudti-n, cp. 5. 32. only rhere it was {_ inſtead of commit teth k Aion) £2th ber to commit Adultery; that is, in Cate ſhe Mar- ried 4-411 : Here our Lord faich the like of the Husband. We have che ſame, Iar.lo ll. Lub.16.18, The reafon 15 this, Be- caule nothin» bur Adzitery diffolverh the Knot and Band of Mar- 6 mage. Th they be thus illegally feparared , yer according to | tefar of Gd, they are (till Han and Wife, Some have upon theſe Words made a Queſtion , Whether it be Lawful tor che Wound, or the Wite fepararcd tor Aduitery, ro Marry again As to the Party offending, 1t may be
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Wille each orher liverh ? > aQueſticn, but as to the innocent Perſon offended, it is no Que- 3 Min; fr the 47ultery or the Perton offending hach diflolved rhe - int #177 by the Divine Law. Ir 1s true, thar the not nm Le diijolved without che Freedom of both Perſons each In Jnher ; hut yer it ſeemerth azainſt Reaſon, rhur both Per- lon inuld have the like Liberty to a ſecend Marriage, For, Tov Zelrereſs, is by God's Law a dead Wormon, and fo in no in a ſecond Marriage. 2, It is unreaſonable chat ſhe (0-1! mike an Advanraze of her own Sin, and Error. 3. This = Me rho occation of Adultery, to give a wicked Perſon a le- LC £9 fatigite an Extravagant Luſt, Bur for the innocent 7.!t 1s as vnreaſonable thar he or ſhe ſtiouid be puntſhed for 10 anorher, Bur what our Saviour {ich here, and in rhe "P.rulel Texts, is undoubtedly to be underſtood of Husbands | 900 1G, Pur away, not for Adultery, bur for other light and ; "h 4 Taulcs, for Which by the Law of God no Divorce 1s al-
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a Liberty of turning their Wives out of Doors upon every l1ghr and trivial Oifence, or Difſike ; rhe Diſ.iples rink if this Licentiouſneſs may not be allowed, ic is not gocd Oo Marry. So an Holy Inſticutiun 0: God urdagcs for the Prop4- garion of Mankind , tor che reſtraine of Extrave-onc Lift, and
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