be with 41,
- Elves to 16, 1 &, that
which he before de. e husband t the pow. le adds,ex. indeed no they might pſtinence is ; for ſolemn the Apoſtle but the Jews 0 their hear- IN,a5appeat- liberty, and Then he re. urſe, not de. ir abſtinence, r inability to 1d chaſtiy, | z0t of Come
beforennthis to what went g, that he ha ; of abſtaining ' $oget her again, ble ; but as to ern themſelves
as I am my! oft ol Got,
a 6.
an I could wih riſtians had tht Name) hath g» vords, and v. 9. ly ; for that hal 1, as well as the ar, Caich the A+ CY, one hath , hich our Savor 2 of the mall Uo, oO. All men cam
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firſt word intit
both theſe 15
Paul W
Mark. 1-
0. : - A _ * if chey cannot contain, let them marry 9: for made a grear difference in the notions of Inter ', ILoter tO MAITY then to burn 7, Ret 346 bo he both py w_ G Paul's ſaying, It is goed, &c. did not ſignifie it is the 1ev1Ng WITe bY ing and. Some th Will of God, Or (as the Papiſts would have it) ir is my counſel in 1 bl
VII CORINTHIANS. Chap. VIL
a5 ever marriedor no, in the determination of which the » jbut itis not worth ſpending out time a- FIR ould nor agree 4 þ — n ke . : p Anti '" idering that all agree, he wasat this time unmarried, | infuſed m_ - grace ; for neither res 4 a1l he doth here mean: if St Paul wasnever married, we are ſanQified by the believing WaAaIc
gbicD 16 vas ; for WE read of his 1#:fe's Mother ſick of a F:aver, thus ſanCtified by rhe belizving husband. Nor are either of them, jure .
ſeemeth to have different ſenſe from whar ic Writ; for it can neither ſignifie the ſanttific
uſually harh in holy c ation of rhe perton by is the unbelieving husband thus wife, neither is the unbelieving wif:
thus ſer apart for the ſervice of God by any legal Rires, which hath
interpreters, how the un- y the believing wife, or the unbe.
ink ir ſignifies no more than prepared for God, as ſanRQified ſignifies, Iſa, wn > Oe
believing husband 1s ſanEtificd b
. . chers think th e ſan#ified by a mo 1 d . - Jer to your further perfettion, 1s plain by his precept for them | ron. Gy 0% Je rat aenominarion, 1 rather Ot
to-marty
if they could not contain; and this likewiſe lets us ſee
think it ſignifies brought into ſuch a ſtate, that the Believer, wichour
: AA offence to the Law of God, may continue in a married eflate wi ; hat ſecond Marriages are notonly lawfull,bur may be an-incumbent ff. Go, ft ith ſuch t
duty, chat is, if they who are concerned as tothem, cannot con- uy
@ yoke-fellow ; and the Nate of marriage in a holy ſtate, notwich-
Qt di di b h fe r "I . - zint hemſelves within the bounds and rule of Chaſtity, which muſt anding the diſparity with reference to Religion, 4 Otherwiſe
he ſaith, the children begotten and born ofſuch Parents would be
* gps” unclean, 1n the ſame ſtate that the children of Pagan Parents are ; This 1 contradifted by the realon given by the Apoſtle, derer- | without the Ch arch: ode went, ne made pens nining that Marriage Was much more eligible than burning, which | miſe. In one ſenſs all children are unclean, 7. e. children of wrath rerm ſignifies the inward fervor and eager inclinations of the mind, k
not the As only of the outward man.
born in fin, and brought forth in iniquity ; bur all are nar in this
: ſenſe unclean, ſome are within the Covenant of Grace, within the 10 And unto the married I command, yer not I
Church, capable of Baptiſm. e Theſe are thoſe that are called
bar the Lord * Let not the wife depart from her | holy not as inwagdly renewed and fanQtified, but relatively, in the > hu;band 5
lame ſenſe that all the Jewiſh Nation are called an holy people ; and
; The Apoſtle had ſpoke to the married before, but in another poſſibly. this may give us a furtherlight ro underſtand the term
EEE TO - : H:fed, in the former part of the verſe, The unbeliev J returneth in his diſcourſe to them again, ſpeaking to | /*7**/**®, - P "a G __— which it ſhould ſeem they had put ro him; whar it _ Fy - wn wor ye by Tt believing wife,
[net plainly exprefſed, but it may caſily be gathered from wite ſo far ſanCtified by the believing husband, that as they may
'2. 13. as alſo from the Apoſtles determination in this verſe: ir lawfully continue in their married relation, and live rogether as LI y *P*
ing hufſ- and the unbelieving
A d wife, ſothe iffue comming from them both ſhall be by ther it was lawful for the hushand or the wife to depart eng Sogn 2 —— : Px nee er her husband, unleſs it were in the cafe of Adultery ; God counted in Covenant with him, and have a right to Baptiſm,
&rthough here be nothing ſpoken as to char caſe, yer ir plainly
which is one of the Seals of that Covenant, as well as thoſe children
. both whoſe Parents are Believers.
red, as determined before by our Saviour ; buras the - — . 1a. — Heathens amongſt whom theſe Corinthians lived, had] 15 But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart f. A Plans much roo mean thoughts about the Marriage-bond,| brother or a ſilter is not under bondage in ſuch c.
i erg :; indulging themſelves in a liberry to break ir for every flight cauſe, but God hath called us || to peace þ. | .nd it ſhould ſeem by wv. 12, 13. it was judged by them a ſuffici-
ent cauſe, if one of them were not converted to the faith of Chriſt.
Or. in f If the unbelieving husband, or the unbelieving wife will leave - Wha
his or her correlate, that is, ſo leave them, as to return no more Now inthis-caſe, ſairhthe Apoſtle,! command, and what I tell you] £9 liveas an huebend, or a5 2 with withher & bao aenpings nog the Willof God, it is not I alone who command it, but you are p
10 look upon it as the Will of God, concerning you, though re-
let him depart. Such a perſon hath broken the band of marriage,
cc 'and in ſuch caſes Chriſtians are not under bondage, they are. not vealed ro you by me that am the Miniſter of God to you. 5 Le? ryed by Law to fetch them again, nor by the Laws of God to keep mt the wife depart from her hushand : ſhe may be divorced from her] themſelves unmarried for their perverſeneſs. But it may be ob. bncband in caſe of fornication, but ler her not for any other cauſe
makea voluntary ſeceſſion.
11 Butand if ſhe depart ?, ler her remain unmarried s, or be reconciled to her husband w: and let not the hus-
band put away h# wile x.