Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

3. The Objection of the Sadducees. Master, Moses said, &c. their Argument against the Resurrection is this, If there were a Resurrection, then there would be a confusion in Relations, insomuch as seven Men having been in this World married to one Woman, all of them would claim a propriety in her, and to whom should she belong, would not this breed a discord? Must not six of them with grief be deprived of her, who once was their Wife? And could this agree with the state of perfection and happiness, in which all the just should be raised? The Sadducees thought now they had our Saviour upon the hip; they thought now it is likely, that they should confound him with this Argument, that they should gravel him and shame him before the People; they could not answer it themselves, and they thought that out Saviour could not answer it neither; and truly the objection hath subtlety in it.

3. The Objection of the Sadduces. Master, Moses said, &c. their Argument against the Resurrection is this, If there were a Resurrection, then there would be a confusion in Relations, insomuch as seven Men having been in this World married to one Woman, all of them would claim a propriety in her, and to whom should she belong, would not this breed a discord? Must not six of them with grief be deprived of her, who once was their Wife? And could this agree with the state of perfection and happiness, in which all the just should be raised? The Sadduces thought now they had our Saviour upon the hip; they thought now it is likely, that they should confound him with this Argument, that they should gravel him and shame him before the People; they could not answer it themselves, and they thought that out Saviour could not answer it neither; and truly the objection hath subtilty in it.

4. The answer of our Saviour lies in vers. 30 In the Resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like the Angels of God in Heaven. Hereby he gives them to understand that there ⟨p. 195⟩would be no confusion in Relations at the Resurrection, that there would be no enjoyment or deprivation of conjugal Relations there, because such Relations would then cease; and Men and Women would then be like Angels, which neither have, such Relations, neither do stand in need of them; the end of such Relations will then cease, and the Relation will cease too.