...to have drawn the obligation tighter than the law of nature left it. " Whosoever," saith Christ, " shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery; and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery." Matt. xix. 9. The law of Moses, for...

...hearts, suffered you to put away your wives ; but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commilteth adultery ; and whoso marrieth her, which is put away, doth commit adultery. His disciples...

...what our Saviour said to the Pharisees in the conversation already alluded to — " I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another cr-^mitteth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery ;" Mat. xix....

...dishonoured, by pronouncing it morally evil. We are aware that some will say, that the practice i* condemned in the New Testament ; and we grant that...Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for voL. HI. NO I. 9 fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.'* But we believe it to...

...We are aware that some will say, that the practice is condemned in the New Testament ; and we grant it is censured, by implication, in these words of...fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.' 178 179 But we believe it to be an indisputable fact, that although christianity was first preached...

...sin and judgment. Thirdly, Our blessed Saviour gives express direction in the case, Matt. xix. 9. ' Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for...fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery.' Hence it is evident, and is the plain sense of the words, that he who putteth away his wife for fornication,...

...Lord, when answering the inquiry of the Pharisees regarding the law of divorce ; " I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commiteth adultery ; and whoso marrieth her who is put away doth commit adultery *." Here it is declared...

...Lord, when answering the inquiry of the Pharisees regarding the law of divorce ; " I say unto you, whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commiteth adultery ; and whoso marrieth her who is put away doth commit adultery *." Here it is declared...

...on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. VI. Ch. xix. 9. Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for...fornication, and shall marry another,. committeth adultery; and whoso marrieth her which is The Shepherd O/HERMAS. sunt hahentes quidem fidem, hahentes autem et...

...divorces at pleasure, merely because of the hardness of their hearts ; and peremptorily declares, " that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for...fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery." Now, certainly, it cannot be less adulterous to marry a second without putting away the first. The...