Tranſlators came to tranſlate 0&5, which is mani- ; png LE Oreſ Paſhor [if ſhe d:par:] I cannor tell. Ir ſignifieth if ſhe of marriage, fruſtcating it asto the ends for which God be departed, and ſo is as weil ſigaificative of a being parted from
jected, Thatnothing but Adultery by the Divine Law breaketh that bond. Anſw. That is denied. Nothing bur Adultery is a juſtifiable cauſe of divorce. No man may pur away his wife, nor any wife put away her husband bur for Adultery. Burt the husbands volun. | rary leaving his wife, or the wife's voluntary leaving her husband,
with a reſohhcion to return nomoreto them, breaks alſo the bond
hath ap- g again the patry
pointed it, and afrer all due means uſed, to brin
ad wr . departing to their duty, doth certainly free the correlate. So that her husband by a judicial att of D —_— —_— although noching can juſtific repudiation or putting away a wife 4 T0 i=" Thew Sh - vo nga a well of a. | 2r an husband, and marrying another, bur rhe adultery of the per. forany trivial cauſe. of - ,
lea Divorce, not according tothe true meaning of the Divine ſon ſodivorced and repudiared, yet the departure either of huſ:
w, asconcerning a voluntary ſeceflion: in which caſe the Apo-
band and wife without the other's conſent for a long time, and re.
: fuſal to return after all due means uſed, eſp:cially if che parry fo , — oo = _ ——_—_ aw __ _ 1 "I going away,doth it out of an hatred and abomination of the other's as _ _—_ = Es of Nos Dromner- dndtnd in tn Religion, will juſtific theperſon fo deſerted after due waiting and _ ms committed adukery, if the merridilrwagati uſe of means to reduce him or her to their duty, wholly to caſt off
our Saviour hath determined, Matt. 5. 32, & 19. 9. w But he
the perſon deſerting, for no Chriſtian in ſuch caſe by God's Law is
ves her a liberty to be reconciled to her husband. In caſe that a under bondage. þ For God hath called Chriſtians unto peace, and
oman put'away by her husband, became another man's wife, by Law, Deut. 24. 4. ſhe might not (though that latter husband
in his ordinance of marriage aimed at the quiet and peace of his peo- ple in their ſervice ofhim in their families and relations; and there.
fore as Chriſtians ought not to diſturb the peace of their own con- ied) return to her former husband ; but in caſe ſhe remained un- ſob mpetionts-axp—e chat. h . arred, the might be reconciled to him. x The Apoſtle giveth ences, turning away their relations, tho they be Uabelievers,
be ſame preceprt concerning husbands.
yer neither ars they bound, if ſuch will leave them, to court their
own continual trouble and diſturbance. | 12 But tothe reſt ſpeak 1, not the Lord y, If any bro-| 15 For what knoweſt thou, O wife, whether thon her hath a wife that believeth not z, and ſhe be M
d to dwell with him 4, let him not put her away
ſhalt * ſave :hy husband? or how knoweſt thou, O man, * x Per.3-
whether thou ſhalt ſave hy wife 2 ; I. Eitheras to the other part of your Epiſtle, or as to the caſes of 4
de reſt mentioned in your Epiſtle,I ſhall give you my advice ſo far [am inſtruted by the holy Spirit of God, thoughour Lord Je-
; The Apoſtle having before determined: the lawfulneſs of a Chriſtian husbands or wifes abiding in a ſtate of marriage with a
het : : wife or husband that was an Infidel, if ſhe or he were willing to a« s Chriſt hath ſer no certain rule concerning them. z That be-|hjde with the Believer ; now argues the great advantage which mt, both in this and v. 13. ſignifieth, that hath not em- might be from ir ; for the glory of God, and the good of the Soul cedthe Chriſtian Faith, bur ſtill remaineth a Pagan. s If there of ſuch hnsband or wite : har knoweft rhiu, O wife (faith he.) Ic is no other matrer of difference betwixt ſuch perſons, ſave only In | not certain, that God will ſo far bleſs thy converſe with thy huſe ter of Religion, 6 Jet bim nor forthat put her away. If a Chri-| and or wife, asthar thou ſhalc, by hy inſtru&ion, admonition, or == or woman had their choice to make, it were unlawful for example, be an occaſion or inſtrument co bring them to Chriſt ; but terof them to make choice of a Pagan for their yoke fellow: | it is neither impoſlible nor improbable, and their willingneſs (not- tifaſter marriage either the husband or the wife embraceth the withſtanding their difference from thee in Religion, ) yet to abide nſtian Faith, the other correlate till abiding a Pagan, their [wich thee,may give thee ſome hopes that they will hearken to thee. ference in Religion is not a ſufficient ground fora ſeparation :
femerh to be the Apoſtles meaning. The Caſe ſeemeth a lit-
They are often (in the language of holy Writ) faid, to ſave other:,
| who are inſtrumental to bring them ro Chriſt. C/.'g. 22. 1 Tim. 4. ff:rent in the opinion of ſome Divines, when the 7dolater or 5 g -
latreſs biaſphemerh God and the true Religion, and is continually
16. Jam. 5.20, We ought to bear with many inconveniencies ro
181 [ our ſelves where, our bearing with them may any way promote Ig the correlateto Apoſtaſie: bur ir is hard to determine a- |the glory of God, or the good of Souls. uſttheplain precept of ſo great an Apoſtle, eſpecially conſide.
Ig the reaſon by which he backeth his precepr.
17 But as God hath diſtributed to every man, as the
h k e fo let him walk ; And fc 13 And the woman which hath an husband that wi Do _ mend; ; . 107 rcadie T8 FO "th not, and if he be pleaſed ro dwell with her, let
not leave him.
k Calling in this place ſigiifierhi that tation and courſe or life, wherein by the Providence of God any man 1sſer. Some think that
ig For the unbelieving husband is ſanRified c by the | this precept hath a ſpecial reference to what went before, as ifrhe
lk, and the unbelieving wite is ſanctified by the hus:
ſenſe were this, if God by his Providence hath ſo order'd it, that
s hy wifes or thy husband's heart bei in ; Elſe were your children unclean d, but now they thy hearr be changed, thy wifes or thy husband's heart being no
ly e. |
yet changed; bur heor ſhe remaining Pagans, yet ler not this cauſe
any ſeparation berwixr you, bur, unleſs the Unbeliever will depart, Seniiif1ng in holy Writing generally ſignifieth the ſeparation,
"Ung of a perſon or thing from a common, to, and fi
or | offices each to other. But the following verſes where the Apoſtle, } uſe, whether it be by ſome external Rites and Ceremonies,
I Ur infuſing of ſome inward ſpiritual habits. In this place it