CotIL the an of Vncleanneß, Chap.dé 44 2. It is alto againflnature, altogether unnatural, the natural ufe being in the other fcx, therefore theApoftie makes it the fign of a reprobate mind. And not only a Rom.!, z62 tin in itfelf, but a punifhment altoof other fins : For, for this fin it was that God 27,, himfelf came down and fate in judgment againfi the five Cities , which plot of .fGen.lg. z82. ground is an unprofitable Sea to this day,called Mare mortuum, the dead.Seá; becaufe it nourifheth no living thing in it : and it is alto called Lame Afphaltites, of the un- fcuitfulnefs of it, anfwerable to the fierility of this fin. 5. with thefemale this fin is committed,and that either with more thanone , or whoring withone alone; with more,either without law,or with colour oflaw. Thatwithout all colour of law,is called Scortatio,Wboring: and this is notonly forbidden,btit in the Deur,23. r7, next verfe,theWhore is refembled toaBiech,andWhoremongers to a company ofdogs. 48 For the punifhment of it ; by the light ofNature it was punifht with Death, the offenders were to beburnt, as we fee in Thamar. And becaufethe civil Lawsof men Gen.38. Zap inflift finall punifhment for thisfin, therefore God himfelf will punifh it , Whore- mongers andAdulterers God will judge : yea, God will judge it both in the world H6.9. 4 to come, for the whoremongers are reckoned among thofe that [hall have their per. tion in the fiery Lake and altoin this life,with ftrange and extraordinary judgments, as Lire Gallica,with the French Fox, an abominable and filthy difeafe,not heard of in former Ages. 6.under 'colour of law, or pretext of marriage comes Piligamy,a fault wherewith Potigamy. fundry of the Patriarchs and others were intangled, yielding to the corrupt cuftoms of the Countries about them, not enquiring after Godswill. But nature it felfmight have taught them that where the care of both fexes is required. for education, there the very beads of the field, and fowlsof the air are , coupled but onewith one : but where the damalone, or female may bringup the young, there iris otherwife. This is plain even from the Creation, where it itlaid , male andfemale createdbe Gen. t. try them: but more plain from that ofour Saviour,And they twainJhall'beone fiefh,where Mart;r9.y . we fee the number fet down, exprefly : as alto from another fpeech of his, whofoever Mark to . to Pall put away his wife andmarry another,committeth adultery.ln the Law it is forbid- den ; Thoufault not take one wife toanother, or take a wife to berlifter. The terms of Lev.iS. i8 brother and lifter are applied to any thing that is alike evento inanimate things: as if to onehalf of a thing the other half be added,it might well be called the brother or lifter of it therefore by filler may herebe underflood another wife: bitt whether it be fo to be underftood or no,yet the realenadded there [left thou vexher] isfufficient. The very vexation and trouble in the horde. This whatit was, we fee in Abrahams Gen. 21: houfe,while Hagar remained in it;andin Jacobs,while Ifacbelenvied Leah; and laftly, t Sam.' ' in Elkanahs between Hannah and Peninnab. So that the inconvenience which hereby stiles, in hinderingbonum aconomictim,the peace of the family,isreafon thong enough to evince the inexpedience, if not the unlawfulnefs ofit. But it is objec`ted,that it was lawful at the firft,for the increafe of mankind , and obje /i propagation of the world. In anfwer whereof we fay, That indeed,if ever it hadbeen lawful or allowed, it +lafw.l had been fo in the beginning. But the Prophet Malaehy calleth men to thebeginning in this very point, and tells them (as our Saviour told the Pharifees) ab initio non Matt. r9:. fait jic, from thebeginning it was notfo; and, that God having plenty of Spirit and Ma1,2. r$ power to have made more, yet made but one : one Eve for óneAdam: andwherefore one ? becaufe hefought a godlyfeed. And therefore Polygamiewas unlawful from the beginning, and much more in all ages that fhould followafter. Again, the first that the holy Ghofl noteth to have had twowives was wicked Gen,4. ry Lamed, ofGains race: and though Jacob had two alto, yet he learnt it in Fadan A- ram among the Idolaters. The Prophets thereforehave fpoken againft it, and Chrift alto. And the Apoftledireéking,let every woman have éhopávd'ga, her ownh erband,and r Cor.7.2 every hatbandhave inrìh yúrníea,hie own wife:whatfoever cavils and fbifts have been deviled to defend it, it is utterly unlawful. InMatrimony this tin is committed úxore propria, with ones own wife ; for we are 7. hot leftto our felves in Matrimony,to ufe our liberty as weplea fe.S.4ug.Ambrofeand The immode- 'others of the Fathers, ufe often a laying ofSixtus a Philofopher,that Adulter eft àmo- rateof oftba tor,uxori, fireferventior,a manmaycommit adulteryby too mach beat of love to his wife. Marriagebad, Thisfervor was forbidden by the Law, and punifhedThere ought to be no approach- Lev. 2 i98 ing permitted in menfibue, no,not to a mansout wife , if it were,both parties were tobe cut off from among the people. L I 1 Pot
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