3 2 B The Birth- Frivìledge anti Covenant- holinef je Ch.; files refolution : He gives it in the affirmative , both in the cafe of a believing husband joyned to an unbelieving wife and a be- lieving wife joyned to an unbelieving husband let him not put her away, let her not leave him (only excepting the cafe of wil- full defertion , when for Religion fake the unbelieving party leaves ;, in which cafe a brother or lifter is not in bondage) un belief breaks not the Marriage bond, renders'it not a nullity, Re- ligion being not of the fubftance ofMarriage ; It might make null all Covenants as well as this Covenant. The Law of God that condemns Marriage- Covenants with unbeleevers, condemns all other Covenants, Dent. 7. 23 - Having determined the point in an univerfal propofition or that which is equivalent with it. A Beleever and an unbeliever joyned in Wedlock -bond , are not to be feparated. He meets with their fcruples, and anfwers their objections againft it ; That they had their fcruples, muff be con. The cor'ng.)::. felt otherwife they had neverfent the cafe to the Apoftlè. And an,s,férupies. thole fcruples which reafon it felf will fuggeft , that have a faire colour in Scripture for them and are met with , and fatisfied by the Apofile in this his anfwer; we muff take to be their fcruples and grounds of their feares , unteffe we had the Corinthians let- ter, we have no other way of cognizance of them, And thefe are two I (hall mention the fecond in the firft place , ( feeing I am to dwell upon the firft) and that is their jealoufie ofthemfelves,' of their own ftanding and perfeverance in the Chriftian Faith. This in reafon theymight fear; who fo active to feduce and draw away as a yoke - fellow ? This hath faire colour of Scripture, Dent.7,4. For they will turne away thy fon from following me , that they may ferve.othergods. Examples are not wànting, Nehem. 13.26. Did not Solomon King of lfrael fin by theft things,? yet among many Na- tions was there no King like him, Who Was belovd of his cod, and G.od made him Ding over all:Ifrael, neverthele ffe, even him did out lantiifii -women eaufe tof'n. To this the Apóftle anfwers, and op- ppfes, the: hopes of converfion of the unbelieving party; How . nowe fi thou o wife,whether thou fha't fave thy hu fbami? or how know thou., o_man, whether thou 'halt fave thy w ift. ?. As there -is . tear of feducing, fo there is hope of converfion. The othéi'is the condition of their iffue , left they Mould not ` be reckoned with the Saints, ut.ofthe fellowfhip of unclean; . Gentiles,
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