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An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on…An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on…
An exposition on the whole fifth chapter of S. Johns Gospel also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reverend divine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his own hand ...An exposition on the vvhole fifth chapter of S. Iohns Gospell also notes on other choice places of Scripture, taken by a reuerend diuine, now with God, and found in his study after his death, written with his owne hand ...
London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for John Bartlett, 1630London: printed by H. Lownes and R. Young for Iohn Bartlett, 1630
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Now this is a mutual duty to be performed of both. 1 Cor. 7.4. the man and the wife, neither of them have more liberty than the other. It is also absolutely necessary, because adultery doth break the marriage bond, Pro. 2.17. Mat. 5.3•. Mat. 19.9. Where the exception showeth, that adultery breaketh this bond: so that if the man marry another, he is not an adulterer.
Now this is a mutuall duty to be performed of both. 1 Cor. 7.4. the man and the wife, neither of them haue more liberty than the other. It is also absolutely necessary, because adultery doth break the marriage bond, Pro. 2.17. Mat. 5.3•. Mat. 19.9. Where the exception sheweth, that adultry breaketh this bond: so that if the man marry another, hee is not an adulterer.
Reason is evident, because in adultery they make themselves one flesh with a stranger, 1 Cor. 6.16. Now this near union can be but betwixt two. The use is therefore that we observe this cou•sell of the Apostle, 1 Cor. 7 4, 5 and of Solomon,