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cause_n	adultery_n	commit_v	fornication_n	1,452	5	12.1572	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A26981	A paraphrase on the New Testament with notes, doctrinal and practical, by plainess and brevity fitted to the use of religious families, in their daily reading of the Scriptures : and of the younger and poorer sort of scholars and ministers, who want fuller helps : with an advertisement of difficulties in the Revelations / by Richard Baxter.	Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.	1685 (1685)	Wing B1338; ESTC R231645	1,057,080	615

all things even acts of outward Worship and will take him for no Christian that is not so minded 2. O what a dreadfull aggravation of wickedness is it to turn the very Sacraments themselves into snares of wrath and cruelty and to curse and damn and tear from the Church all that dare not subscribe and swear to all the inventions of Popes and Councils And for the preachers of Love and Peace to say more than Thou fool even to Silence and Ruine or Burn all as Hereticks or Schismaticks that dare not justifie all this 25. Agree with thy adversary quickly while thou art in the way with him lest at any time thy adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the Officer and thou be cast into prison 26. Verily I say to thee Thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing 25 26. If thou have wronged any man delay not reparation of his wrong and reconciliation Lest he extort his reparation from thee by Law and put thee to extremity when thou mightest have compounded or appeased him by submission And so obey God in thy duty of Love and Restitution and submission to men l●st he enter into judgment with thee and make thy utmost punishment answer the Debt 27. Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time Thou shalt not commit adultery But I say to you that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart 27. So Moses said in the Seventh Commandment Thou shalt not commit Adultery And the carnal Jews lookt but little deeper But I tell you that whoever casteth on a woman a wanton eye stirring up lust and unlawful carnal imaginations and pleasure or useth his other senses to stir up such lusts as defile the mind or tend towards Fornication he hath in his heart broken the Seventh Commandment in some deg●ee 29. And if thy right eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into Hell 30. And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into Hell 29 30. It may be some will say My eye is so inclined to enticing looks and my hand to some forbidden touches or acts that they offend when I know they should not and if it go no further I hope it is safe But I tell you this is so poor an excuse that if you had not the command of Eye and Hand and had no other way to avoid the sin it were less hurt to you to pluck out that Eye and cut off that Hand than to sin and be damned with it Not that I bid you do so for you have power otherwise to avoid the sin but if you had not it were your wisest way much more to deny your Eye or Hand all forbidden pleasure 31. It hath been said whoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement 32. But I say to you that whoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fornication causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery 31 32. Moses bade you give your wife a Bill of Divorcement if you put her away And so you have been taught that this is lawfull But I say to you that you must not put away a wife save for Fornication and if you do you are guilty of making her commit Adultery and he will live in Adultery that shall marry her Note That Christ here supposeth such other causes as Nature it self alloweth As if Husband or Wife should resolvedly seek the others death or be infected with a mortal contagious disease self preservation alloweth avoidance till the danger is over And if any other cause make their cohabitation utterly inconsistent with safety or the ends of Marriage they may by consent live asunder while that cause continueth 33. Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths 34. But I say to you Swear not at all neither by heaven for it is God's throne 35. Nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King 36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black 37. But let you communication be Yea yea Nay nay for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil 33 c. You have been told that Perjury is a heinous sin and our Oaths must be kept This is past doubt but I tell you more that you must not needlesly swear at all or make any Oaths a part of your discourse Think not that it 's a small matter to Swear by Creatures while you profane not the name of God For all that you can swear by is related to God and his law is broken by it If it be by Heaven it is his Throne if by the Earth it is his Footstool if by Jerusalem it is his holy City if by the Head it is his work of which thou makest not so much as the colour of one hair Therefore content your selves in your discourse with a sober Yea or Nay For your Oaths and needless vehement protestations are but the expressions of Passion or some other vice and are sti●red up by Satan Note That the common definition that an Oath is always an appeal to another as a knower and avenger of falshood is not good It is the pawning of the verity or honour of one thing known to verifie another unknown As to say This is as true as that the Heaven is over me Or if this be not true the Earth is not under my feet It 's as true as that I have a Head or as that there is a God who knoweth all things c. Tho it's tr●e that Swearing by God includeth an appeal to him 38. Ye have heard that it hath been said An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39. But I say to you that ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also 40. And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also 41. And whoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him two 38. c. You have heard that injuries must be repaid but with equal hurt an Eye for an Eye It 's true that Magistrates having the charge of the Common-welfare and the execution of God's Laws they must punish injuries and not suffer all men to do as much mischief as they will But you that are private persons must prefer LOVE

the Church He that is not against it is someway for it as Souldiers say of Countreymen that are not against them But as to their own Salvation He that is not for Christ above all the World is against him and no sincere Christian As Captains say of their listed Soldiers Fight or be Cashiered 41. For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name because ye belong to Christ verily I say unto you he shall not lose his reward 41. He that doth the least good to a Christian from a true Love to Christ would do more were it in his Power And he that doth good but from common Principles though he be not Saved shall have some Reward and shall be no loser but a gainer by all the good that he doth 42. And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me it is better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea 42 N. O then what will become of Tempters Persecutors and malignant Enemies By offending is meant hindring from Faith and a holy Life And by better is meant Its a smaller hurt 43. And if thy hand offend thee cut it of● it is better for thee to enter into life maimed then having two hands to go into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 44. Where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 45. And if thy foot offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter halt into life then having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 46. Where the worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 47. And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire 48. Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 43. c. So great is the difference between the wellfare of this Flesh and the Life to come that you cannot get Heaven and escape Hell fire at too dear a rate If a Hand or Foot or Eye were so strong a hindrance as that you had no other way to avoid Sin and Hell it is a far less evil to lose such a Member than to lie in Hell N. The meaning is not that any man is in such a Case that he hath no better way to avoid sin and Hell But if he had no better he should choose this Nor doth it mean that maimed Persons are maimed in Heaven but if it were so it were a less evil 49. For every one shall be salted with fire and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt 50. Salt is good but if the salt hath lost its saltness wherewith will ye season it Have salt in your selves and have peace one with another 49. And be sure that the fire of Affliction shall be as Salt to you all that now are thinking of Pre-eminence and those of you that are sound it shall make fitter to be pure Sacrifices to God 50. And you that are Preachers and Professors of Christianity being thus salted your selves must be the salt of the Earth to season others by holy Doctrine and Practice But if you should lose sound Doctrine and Christianity what then shall season you Keep up sound Truth that seasoneth though it cause some smart in your selves and instead of seeking Superiority live in peace and gentle Meekness with one another CHAP. X. 1. AND he arose from thence and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan and the people resort to him again and as he was wont he taught them again 2. And the Pharisees came to him and asked him Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife tempting him 3. And he answered and said unto them What did Moses command you 4. And they said Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away 1. N. These Hypocrites seemed by putting cases of Conscience to be afraid of Sinning 5. And Jesus answered and said unto them For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept 6. But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female 7. For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife 8. And they twain shall be on●●lesh so then they are no more twain but one flesh 9. What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder 5. This Law was good in it self because it was fitted to your condition But it was the badness and hardness of your Hearts that made such a Tolleration needful to you to keep you from worse so it was not a full approbation of the thing For the perfect Law of Innocency so united Man and Wife that no man should Separate them for his own pleasure without Gods licence 10. And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter 11. And he saith unto them Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her 12. And if a woman shall put away her husband and be marryed to another she committeth adultery 10. c. N. Though Mark mention not the exception of the case of Adultery mentioned by other Evangelists it is implyed 2. Quest Doth Adultery dissolve Marriage Ans It giveth cause of a dissolution by divorce or desertion But in some cases it is Lawful for the injured Person to forgive the wrong and continue in the relation without being Marryed over again 3. Quest May the Woman put away her Husband for Adultery Answ They that deny it because onely the Man hath Governing Power say nothing For the man doth it not as a Governour but as an injured Contractor seeketh it as Justice from the Magistrate or righteth himself if permitted by the Magistrate or if unjustly forbidden And the Woman may be an injured Contractor as well as the Man and may seek to the Magistrate for a Divorce and in some cases if denyed by the Magistrate may right her self by Desertion But whether that Desertion shall be called A putting away is but a controversie about the Name and not the Thing In what cases it is Lawful to Marry again is a different Controversie 13. And they brought young children to him that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them 14. But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said to them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God 13 14. N. Tho they brought them not to be baptized Christian Baptism being not fully instituted till after Christs Resurrection yet they are offered to Christ for his acceptance and benediction 2. He gave them such acceptance and blessing and declared them to be such as the Kingdom or Church of God consisteth of He could not mean only of adult persons that are