Ainsworth - Houston-Packer Collection BT972 .A46 1628

a Heb.13,4. b Ma1.2,t5 cICor.7,14 1Gen.2,18, zz,e7c. e Gen. I, 28. fGen.4, l7 c. g en.4,25, =66'5,3,9 I2. C. h G01.3,15. 153,4,5 Aft. 3,25. i Deu. 25 , 5, 6.&c. gen. 30,1. tfam. I, 6. Luk.z Y3,25. k I Cor.7, 2 9, 5.ITtm 5, 14. I I COT. oi CHAP. XIX. mariage ; which as it is a honorable a- mong all men , fo chiefly among the Sainds;who thereby haue bgodly feede, whereas the childrenof the wicked un- beleevers are c unclean. This !late of life, God d ordeyned in Paradife , whiles A- damwas inhis perfeUion , for mutual! help and comfort , and for e propagati6 ofmankind. And after the tranfgreflió, it was continewed, as in fthe world , fo in thegchurch,both for the caufesafore- fayd, and for the obreyningof that pro- aided .h feede that íhouldbruife theSerd- pents head , and bringblefling upon all families of the earth. And until! that feede, (whichwas Chrifl, ) cane; our Fathers generally embraced that kindof life and i thoughtit a dishonour to die childleffe: and lince that time, it bath f{ii beene kept in, and fan&ified unto the church, to filch as faw good , or had neede fo to line; k both for theavoiding of finne, & for other help and comfort which that eflate' affordeth. But they whichhaue fromGod, i thegift to con- teyn their veflèls in holines and honour without mariage , and which addiUing them,

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