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The answer of several ministers in and near Boston, to that case of conscience,…
The answer of several ministers in and near Boston, to that case of conscience, whether it is lawful for a man to marry his wives own sister?
printed by Bartholomew Green, 1695
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
THE ANSWER Of Several MINISTERS in and near BOSTON, To that Case of Conscience, Whether it is Lawful for a Man to Marry his Wives own Sister?
Boston in N. E. Printed and Sold by Bartholomew Green. 1695.
To the READER.
THERE is no practice so evil as not to find Ad•••••es. It is astonishing that such a Scandal as that which is here impleaded, should have any fautors among professors of Religion in a Land of Light, when Heathen Nations have […] it, although they had no other principle but the honesty of nature to guide them. Some pretend that Death puts an end to all Relations, and that therefore a Mans Wives Sister is no more his Sister after his Wives death, and consequently that he may Lawfully Marry her. But according to this allegation a mans Wives Mother is no more his Mother after his Wives death, and consequently he may Marry his Wives Mother: Nor then is his Fathers Wife or Step-Mother any more his Mother after his Fathers death, and consequently he may have his Fathers Wife; which is an impiety not so much as named amongst the […] sort of Heathen.