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A question deeply concerning married persons and such as intend to marry propounded and resolved according to the scriptures.
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in his heart and therein be no lesse then a murderer Did not u Lev. 19.17 meek Moses so long for his wives sake forbear the * 1 Ioh. 3.15 circumcising of his childe that the Lord met with him and sought to kill him had not his wife suddenly put it in execution though she cast the foreskin at his feet and said Surely a bloudy husband thou art to me And was not the x Exod. 4.24 25 26. judgement of God heavy upon old Ely and his house for ever because his sons made themselves vile and he restrained them not And as it y 1 Sam. 3.13 multiplied Eves sorrows because her familiarity and voice z Gen. 3.16 verse 6. occasioned her husband to yield to second her in eating the forbidden fruit being commended and given to him by her who was his a Prov. 5.19 loving kinde and pleasant Roe with whose love he was ravished so it aggravated Adams b Gen. 3.17 sorrows all the daies of his life because he so hearkened to the voice of his Wife crossing Gods Commandment Therefore as Christ knowing the c â— Cor. 5.11 terrour of the Lord in the way of his judgements saith d Luke 17.32 Remember Lots wife So say to all married persons Remember Adam and Eve Obj. But what if the husband knew before marriage such purposes and reservations of his future wife and consented to them and promised to ratifie them Sol. If husband and wife before marriage should so compact and consent together I say it were a fearfull step towards that downfall sinne of y Act. 5.1 c. Ananias and Sapphira And saith not the Lord z â— Cor. 5.19 20. He that covereth his sins shall not prosper but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy We therefore being Ambassadors for Christ to whom he hath committed the word of reconciliation beseech such in Christs stead Be reconciled to God and a Dan. 4.14 Break off your sins by righteousness and b Micah 6.8 humble your selves to walk with God keeping your selves within the bounds of Gods Ordinance and so c â—sa 55.7 return unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon you and to our God for he will abundantly pardon For though mens d Psal 15.4 oathes and promises tending to their own hurt are not to be changed yet none are to be kept that tend to the e â—om 2.23 dishonour of God and breach of his Law no more then the f Micah 6.16 statutes of Omri or the rash g Sam. 25.22 34 35. oath of David who blessed God for sending Abigail to meet him and to keep him from performing such an unadvised bloody oath Who would have thought that ever Jephtah a Heb. 11.4 registred in the catalogue of the faithfull who b â—udg 12.13 put his life in his hands to avenge the c â—udg 11.27 wrongs of Israel upon the children of Ammon should so d â—udg 11.39 unnaturally wrong his own daughter and e verse 34. only childe when the forethought of it made him to rent his clothes and cry alas Or that King Herod who f Mark 6.20 feared John Baptist knowing that he was a just man and holy and g 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 saved him against the h verse 19. bloudy purpose of Herodias and when he heard him he did many things and heard him gladly that ever he would become a bloudy butcher to behead so reverend a Prophet yea i Matth. 11.9 more then a Prophet though he were k Mark 6.26 exceeding sorry to hear and think of it Had yet the devil that l â—orin 8.44 murderer from the beginning brought these things to pass under pretence of a m â—udg 5.35 39. vow and a n Mar. 6.22 26 promise bound by an oath Now o 1 Cor. 1 happened not these things to them for ensamples and they are written to admonish us that under fair pretences we p Prov. 3. lean not to our own wisdom least q 1 Cor. 1. Satan who transformeth himself into an Angel of light though he r Heb. 2.1 hath the power of death stick the Å¿ 1 Cor. 15 sting of death in mens souls so that they cannot t 2 Pet. 2.1 cease to sin but u 2 Tim. 3 wax worse worse deceiving and being deceived whiles Satan gets advantage of us by his devises Ask ye how I pray the Lord even the x Zac. 3.2 Lord who hath chosen Jerusalem to rebuke Satan that y Rev. 12.1 accuser of the brethren that accuseth us before our God day and night * 2 Cor. 2. lest he procure the z Eze. 14.1 punishment of the husband to be as the punishment of the wife that seeks his consent and least in a Exod. 18 that very thing wherein they have dealt proudly not b Prov. 3.6 acknowledging God in their waies God be above them both in the way of his judgements And then to their shame c Pro. 11.2 16. which is the pay-master of pride they may d Jer. 44.28 know whose words shall stand Gods or theirs and what e Jer. 2.19 an evil and bitter thing it is for wives to set up their f Eze. 14. Idols in their hearts and for husbands by yielding to them to g Exod. 32. verse 6. make them naked to their shame as Aaron made the people of Israel naked unto their shame among their enemies the issue whereof was as wofull as shamefull For whiles they made it their May-game and Play to sacrifice to their molten Calf not only was it stamped to powder and the people made to drink of it and three thousand of them slain for it but both they and Aaron who i Exod. 32.2 Deut. 9.19 20. brought so great a sin upon them had been h Exod. 32. destroyed by God had not Moses his chosen prayed for them and stood before him in the breach to turn away his wrath least he should destroy them And when God seeks for such a man to stand in the gap before him should he finde none k Eze. 22.30 Psal 106.23 Exod. 32. As this Authour aged now 83 years confesseth that his heart burned within him till for resolution of the Question he had set up this poor Candle on a Candlestick so he praieth and hopeth that the l Isa 4.4 spirit of judgement and the spirit of burning will make some Learned and Judicious hearts among the many m Joh. 5.35 burning Lamps shining in and about London to n Luc. 24. burn within them also till their light shine forth for clear resolution of these two Questions ensuing 1. Whether Merchants o 2 Pet. 2.3 Rev. 8.1 make not merchandise of the souls of men when they send their Factors and Servants into Spain Turkey and such Idolatrous and Mahumetan places there to abide many years free from the p Eph. 4.11 Work of the Ministry as Paul saith q Rom. 8.20 where men are the servants of sinne they are free from righteousness 2. Whether Indian Merchants and such Masters as will binde their Apprentices from Marriage till they come to about 26 years of age and many others of several Ranks give not great advantage to r 1 Cor. 7.5 Satan to tempt souls to Incontinency and attract to their own souls the guilt of many Adulteries and Whoredoms when for filthy lucre husbands are sequestred from wives especially young Marriners from their new married wives and others so restrained from Marriage though they burn as though the Scriptures quoted in the Å¿ 1 Cor. 7.1 1 Pet. 3.7 Eph 5.31 Pro. 27.8 margent were either not given by Inspiration of God or may not binde the consciences of men 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉