...168 Chap. VHI. 1G9 marriage, or to compel them lo it. To do either is very sinful, very unnatural. 30 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband livt-th ; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she «ill ; only in the...

...attend to the language of the apostle when speaking expressly of marriage. ' The wife,' says he, ' is bound by the law, as long as her husband liveth...to be married to whom she will : only in the Lord.' Now though this be stated, as the occasion of the words required, in reference to a widow, the limitation...

...when speaking expressly of marriage. ' The wife,' says he, ' ; bound by the law, as long as her husba liveth : but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will : only ui the Lord'.' Now though this-, be stated^ as the occasion of the words required', in referenceto...

...said not, the first husband, or the second, or the third, or the fourth ; but ' The woman is bound as long as her husband liveth : but if her husband...in the Lord. But she is happier, if she so abide.' I see not what can be added to, or taken from this sentence. Our Lord himself did not condemn the woman,...

...profess and appear to be Christians, must not marry such as profess and appear not to be Christians. 2. " The wife is bound by the law, as long as her husband...to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord." 1 Cor. vii. 39.f The expression " in the Lord," is of frequent occurrence. We have * Essay on Marriage....

...The second passage of Scripture adduced in support of ihe new "rule of marriage," is the following: "The wife is bound by the law, as long as her husband...to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord." 1 Cor. vii. 39. On this passage Mr. Malcom expresses himself, as usual, in a little too much of "that...

...woman ought not to be married to an heathen 1 Hear the same Apostle : " the woman is bound," says he, " as long as her husband liveth : but if her husband...liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord :" that is, to a Christian. He that allows second or third marriages in the Lord, forbids even a first...

...woman ought not to be married to an heathen ? Hear the same Apostle: "the woman is bound," says he, "as long as her husband liveth : but if her husband...to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord:" that is, to a Christian. He that allows second or third marriages in the Lord, forbids even a first...

...released the other from the obligations that continued during life, then the Apostle declares in v. 39, " The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband...; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to he married to whom she will ; only in the Lord." The converse holds good of the husband on the death...

...supposed in Scripture, it happens to be the female to whom allusion is made, but the law is one. " She is at liberty to be married to whom she will, only in the Lord." For a literal precept, on the part of our Lord, there had been no necessity whatever, the nature and...