...— 24, " Have ye not read, that lie which made them from the beginning, made them male and female ? and said, for this cause shall a man leave his father...mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." Therefore although...

...Matthew : — " Have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, ' For this cause shall a man leave his father...mother and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh.'" These words, when carefully considered, bring before our attention the true principles...

...deginning, made them male and female, and said, for this cause shall a man leave his father and1 mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be...of attention. To avoid the difficulties which they imme« diately anticipated, they in turn inquire, " why then did Moses command to give a writing of...

...forcibly declared, in the passage, which I have quoted from St. Matthew. For this cause, shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one. Accordingly, the union of affections, interests, labours, and life, here existing, has...

...pretences. " Have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning, made them male and female; and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father...mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh?"* " Wherefore," (this is the Saviour's conclusion,) " they are no more twain, but...

...pretences. " Have ye not read that He which made them at the beginning, made them male and female ; and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father...mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh?"* " Wherefore," (this is the Saviour's conclusion,) " they are no more twain, but...

...forcibly declared, in the passage which I have quoted from St. Matthew. ' For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one.' Accordingly, the union of affections, interests, labours, and life here existing, has...

...Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning of the creation made them male and female? And said, For this cause shall a man leave his father...mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh. Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined...

...George. While Adam and Eve were in the garden of Eden, does not the Bible say, " Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife ; and they twain shall be one flesh V Is this, too, said by anticipation 1 From the narrative, I should think it quite...

...cause," saith our divine legislator, for the cause of engaging in the married state, " shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they twain shall be one flesh." Thus, in the strongest of metaphors, does he express the intimacy and nearness...