Blake - Houston-Packer Collection BT155 .B53 1653

342 The Birth-Priviledde and Covenànt- holinef Ch.39' Apoftle doth not conclude the lawfulnef a of their marriage -fo- ciety by the federation of their iffue, but fhewes that the fuppofed and feared non - federation doth not conclude the unlawfulneffe, and I dare yeeld that any man and woman may live toyether,not- withftanding any fear of the unholineffe of their iffue; :here one is fanc`fified by the faith of another, t o the begetting of an holy feed. And if Mafter rom6es will apply this, which the Apoftle fpeaks, of a mans living with his wife (ad faciendum popultdm) to the li- ving with his whore, there is no danger to yeeld it ; t'harez his iffue had belonged to the Common-weak of *ail, if Tamar had beene an Infidel, as for ought we know, in all probability it was with 7ephtaes mother. If Sampfon had iffue by the Harlot of Ga- za, 7udg.16. r. Bach iffue had belonged to Ifrael, Each iffue male had right to Circumci(ìon. To gratifie Matter Tombes, I (hall put it under my hand , that if a man have no other reafon from Scripture to leave his Harlot then the non - federation of his iffue, he may Rill abide with her : Mai}er Tombes I know, would willingly have had me or any other to have (pent our time in cutting down his branches which for fix veers fpace he hath beene imping, fo I might have ípent fome moneths in gathering and forting them- I thought it belt to fall upon the tree it felf, having my Axe ready before his fapleffe piece was feene above ground, onely I believe the Reader will judge that it coil: me paines (in the way of a work-man) to apply it. If he will either make good thefe two maine props of his, on which he hath laid fo much ftreífe (co inferre upon his adverfaries fo many fuppofed abfurdir.ies) by a folid refutation of what I have faid, not with words and taunts, bur arguments of his owne; or prefl'e me with any inference or argument that bath not its ftrengch from hence ; I thall heed, till then T (hall give him leave to fancie principles, and then fight with his own fhadow in multiplication of Conclufions. SEcT.

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